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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Health Reform Explained Video: Health Reform Hits Main Street
Confused about how the new health care reform law really works? This short, animated movie -- featuring the "YouToons" -- explains the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014.
- Youtube
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Medivation, Pfizer End Work on Alzheimer's Drug
Pfizer Inc. and partner Medivation Inc. are abandoning development of an experimental Alzheimer's drug, a decision that underscores the risks that Big Pharma faces in trying to bolster drug pipelines with expensive deals.
- WSJ
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
U.S. launches national war on Alzheimer's
When doctors told Carol Blackwell that her husband — her best friend and the love of her life — had Alzheimer's disease, they assured her "a cure was just around the corner."
- USA Today
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Personal Health: Lifelines for People With Hearing Loss
Hearing loss, a disability currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation’s most damaging and costly sensory handicap. It is a hidden disability, often not obvious to others or even to those who have it.
- NY Times
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Monday, January 02, 2012
Nutrition: 4 Vitamins That Strengthen Older Brains
Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D and vitamin E are associated with better mental functioning in the elderly, a new study has found.
- NY Times
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