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Senate committee backs Califf nomination to head FDA
Jan 14, 2022
Among those who voted against Califf’s nomination were Democrats who expressed concerns about his links to pharmaceutical companies.
A wandering solution for home care patients with dementia
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Aug 16, 2021
Project Lifesaver, a program from the Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver Support Initiative, is designed to help caregivers keep track of their loved ones and locate them if they wander.
Light therapy technique could turn brain into a ‘washing machine’ to clean out Alzheimer’s molecules
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 02, 2023
New research on light therapy and sleep cycles suggests it could aid in this process and help treat disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s costs expected to increase by $20 billion this year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 21, 2018
The national cost of caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias is projected to increase $20 billion this year compared with last year, totaling more than $277 billion in 2018, according...