Wednesday, April 3, 2013

[Health] Dementia Tab Set to Top $200 Billion

Dementia Tab Set to Top $200 Billion
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/NATL-Alzheimers-Dementia-Most-Expensive-Costly-Cancer-Heart-Disease-201359601.html
Costs associated with dementia amounted to between $159 billion and $215 billion in the U.S. in 2010, and are expected to increase nearly 80% per adult by 2040, according to a RAND study.

Prostate Ca: No Survival Gain for Stop-Start ADT
http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201304/and-approach-prostate-cancer-treatment-may-compromise
Intermittent androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) provided no survival benefit for patients with metastatic prostate cancer compared with continuous treatment, researchers found.

Film Critic Roger Ebert Has Cancer -- Again!
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/04/03/film-critic-roger-ebert-has-cancer-again/
roger ebert It's so weird to write a review about a movie that you hated and somebody else loved. Well, it's not weird until that person confronts you.

Ortiz wants elementary school kids to get mental health screenings
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Mentally-ill-patients-likelier-to-use-cannabis/articleshow/19362766.cms
Assemblyman Feliz Ortiz is pushing to have a mental health professional assigned to each elementary school in the city. Eagle file photo.

State-federal meeting does not resolve Corbett's concerns over Medicaid ...
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/20130402_ap_sebeliusflexibilitybenefitsrelayedtocorbett.html
The meeting between Gov. Tom Corbett and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wasn't exactly billed as a love connection.



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