Jun 07 Alzheimer's Disease: Your Questions Answered More than 5 million Americans now suffer from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States, and that number could easily triple by 2050 as the population grays. If the latest projections hold true, that will mean… Continue reading
Jun 03 From the Archives: Frank Lautenberg on Drinking Age, Secondhand Smoke EmbedVideo(6600, 482, 304); Frank R. Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, five-term senator, and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, died Monday morning. He was 89. He appeared on the The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on… Continue reading
Jun 03 Health Reform's Uncertain Impact on HIV Patients By Jason Kane In 2014, many HIV patients who receive medication through state-based drug assistance programs will be shifted to other forms of health coverage. It's an uncertain time for most HIV patients in the United States. A full two-thirds of them rely… Continue reading
May 31 Medicare Trust Fund's Life Extended, But What Does It Really Mean? Slower growth in spending is helping extend the life of Medicare's hospital trust fund to 2026, two years beyond last year's estimate, officials said Friday. They also reported, however, that Social Security's disability trust fund, which pays monthly… Continue reading
May 30 Watch Chopra Brothers Tell Story of How They Became Americans and Doctors in Memoir Chopra Brothers Tell Story of How They Became Americans and Doctors in Memoir… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Coping With Alzheimer's: A Mother and Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care Coping With Alzheimer's: A Mother and Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care… Continue watching
May 30 Starting the Conversation about Long-Term Care: 10 Things You Should Know By April Brown EmbedVideo(6582, 482, 304); I'll admit it -- I don't like to talk about death, dying or getting older. And long-term care or end-of-life issues are not subjects I really want to discuss with my parents on the… Continue reading
May 30 Alzheimer's and the Artist Mary Wyant spent years as a professional artist. But after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she slowly became unable to paint. Here is a look at her work through the years, and as the disease took hold. Click on the image… Continue reading
May 29 Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen from the signing of the Older Americans Act to an unknown woman on July 14, 1965. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto and courtesy of the LBJ Library. It's been nearly 50 years since President Lyndon… Continue reading
May 29 Signs of Alzheimer's Disease: 10 Things You Should Know Rebecca Wyant (left) is the primary caregiver for her mother Mary, who suffers from Alzheimer's. Photo by Mike Fritz / PBS NewsHour Mary Wyant loved words. She loved to speak them and write them and read them. She was… Continue reading