Just when you might have thought that the myriad benefits of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs was understood, the medical research community has locked onto yet another: Better health outcomes for...
Diane Archer
Worm experiments reveal how we might live longer
Karen Feldsher writes for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on how we can age healthier, based on new research. In short, behavior changes, dietary changes, medications, and more, can...
Senate Democrats call for affordable home care and long-term care
Most people don’t appreciate that Medicare does not cover long-term care and only covers limited home care and nursing home care. Senate Democrats just released a plan to change that. It would...
Supreme Court won’t entertain Pharma’s lawsuit against...
Last week, six pharmaceutical companies lost their fight to stop the government from negotiating drug prices for people with Medicare. The lawsuit against the federal government ended at the Supreme...
The many disadvantages of Medicare Advantage
Aaron Carroll writes for Academy Health on how Medicare Advantage has succeeded in attracting lots of enrollees but failed in lowering costs, coordinating care and saving the government money...
Some unexpected early Alzheimer’s symptoms
Yes, you may be experiencing Alzheimer’s symptoms and still appear to have a fine memory. Meryl Davids Landau reports for National Geographic on some unexpected early Alzheimer’s...
Few people benefit from Alzheimer’s drugs
Physicians are not prescribing new Alzheimer’s drugs to people with Medicare as often as anticipated. Two years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) projected that Medicare...
Connecticut public retirees push back against Medicare Advantage...
Medicare Advantage plans are too often not a good option for people who need costly and complex care. But unions and corporations save money when they require their retirees to enroll in a Medicare...
Don’t be swayed by health advice on social media
If you’re like most people, you get a lot of your information from social media, health and wellness advice included. Beware, a lot of it is misleading, reports Devi Shastra for AP News. Forty...
Facebook earns millions from fake Medicare ads
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) just issued a report revealing that Facebook’s parent, Meta, generated millions of dollars from fake Medicare ads. Chase DiBenedetto for Mashable...