U.S. Medicare to Cover Alzheimer's PET Scans
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The U.S. government insurance plan  for the elderly and disabled will pay for doctors to run PET  brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, U.S. officials  said on Thursday.
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Viagra, the blockbuster impotence  drug, will be paid for under Medicare's new prescription drug  coverage, officials said on Tuesday.
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A US group advising Medicare on its new prescription drug benefit released a proposal on Thursday that could determine how likely the latest medicines are to be covered for the elderly.
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A  test capable of diagnosing the early signs of Alzheimer's disease has been developed in the US using nanotechnology.
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Sexual performance drugs like Viagra will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit beginning next year, along with medications for other conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease, Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare said yesterday it intends to pay for counseling to help some of the nation&#39;s 4 million older smokers kick the habit.
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U.S. Medicare officials proposed expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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In the absence of strong evidence that the scans can tell whether a person has alzheimer's, agency limits the coverage only to some patients.
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The medical school will use the money for research into and treatment of obesity, diabetes, cancer and the diseases of aging, especially Alzheimerâs.
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The Alzheimer's Society charity  has backed British government proposals to issue dementia  sufferers with tracking devices if patients agree.
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The Bush administration said Monday it would carve the country into multiple coverage regions to get private insurers to offer Medicare prescription
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New tests involving blood and brain  scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer&#39;s disease, and brief  appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely  to develop it, researchers said on Sunday.
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About 800 older Americans will be asked to lend their brains to science this spring, part of a major government study to track early Alzheimer's disease.
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The federal government plans to target medical equipment suppliers in Los Angeles and South Florida in an effort to root out fraud in Medicare, the insurance system for the elderly and disabled, a Medicare official said yesterday.
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Medicare is paying for new and expensive treatments and tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups to pay for studies on whether they actually worked.
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About 500,000 Medicare beneficiaries can now receive coverage for expensive defibrillators &#151; if they agree to release details about their cases to a database shared by hospitals, Medicare officials said.
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New tests involving blood and brain scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and brief appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely to develop it, researchers said on Sunday.