A new Alzheimer’s drug is hitting the market, the first with clear-cut evidence that it can slow, by several months, the mind-robbing disease.
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Leqembi: New Drug Slows Alzheimer’s But Comes With Caveats
Posted on 12 January 2023.
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Aduhelm: Alzheimer’s Drug Approval ‘Rife With Irregularities’
Posted on 03 January 2023.
The Food and Drug Administration’s contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer’s drug took another hit Thursday as congressional investigators called the process “rife with irregularities.”
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Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids Expected This Fall In U.S.
Posted on 18 August 2022.
Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
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Medicare Spent Billions On Drugs Without Confirmed Clinical Benefits
Posted on 26 June 2022.
The U.S. federal government spent an estimated $1.8 billion in Medicare funds in 2019 on drugs whose clinical benefits have yet to be confirmed by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Aduhelm Targets Mild Cognitive Impairment: What Does That Mean?
Posted on 04 October 2021.
The approval of a controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is shining a spotlight on mild cognitive impairment — problems with memory, attention, language or other cognitive tasks that exceed changes expected with normal aging.
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Boosters Are Coming But Who Will Get Them And When?
Posted on 13 September 2021.
COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans but already the Biden administration is being forced to scale back expectations — illustrating just how much important science still has to be worked out.
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