Science magazine

Was Key Alzheimer’s Research Manipulated?

For more than 15 years, much of the Alzheimer’s Disease establishment has focused its attention—and hundreds of millions of research dollars—on the theory that the disease primarily is caused by the build-up of plaque, called amyloid beta, in the brain. A six-month investigation by Charles Piller, an award-winning reporter for Science magazine, finds that key research published in 2006 may [...]

By |2022-07-25T14:45:43-04:00July 25th, 2022|dementia|0 Comments

Medicare May Be Spending Far Less on End-Of-Life Patients Than We Think

You probably have heard the statistic: One-quarter of Medicare spending is for patients in the last year of life.  It is cited as a major reason for excessive medical spending in the US and leads to a widely-accepted conclusion: If only we would stop “wasting” dollars on futile care for those who soon will die anyway, we could significantly slow [...]

By |2018-10-11T09:32:44-04:00October 11th, 2018|End of life, Medicare|0 Comments