Manhattan medical clinic, owner accused of Medicare fraud
The Daily Comet - Oct 03 7:35 PM
The U.S. government on Tuesday accused a medical clinic and the prominent doctor who runs it of defrauding the Medicare program by falsely diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in some of its patients.Save to My Web
Missing Alzheimer’s Patient Found Dead
WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 5:04 AM
The search for a missing man who had Alzheimer’s disease came to a sad end about 3 miles from his home on Sunday afternoon.Save to My Web
Comedy Central gets ‘Freak’y
The Daily Texan - Oct 04 12:00 AM
Parents today complain that cartoons provide poor role models and desensitize our children to violence. If being exposed to a subject matter is what it takes to desensitize a viewer, then Comedy Central’s new animated program “Freak Show” will strip the audience’s empathy for premature babies, animal slaughter, Alzheimer’s disease, siamese twins, port-o-potties and more.Save to My Web
Stem Cells to be Grown Without Human Embryo
Zaman Online - Oct 04 2:14 PM
Thanks to a method developed by a Turkish scientist in the United States, stem cells will be grown without using human embryos. It is reported that the study may help solve problems ranging from infertility to degenerative diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons.Save to My Web
National Institute Funds USC Alzheimer’s Research
CBS 2 Los Angeles - Oct 04 6:11 PM
An $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund a USC research effort aimed at preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in women, the university announced Wednesday.Save to My Web
Sigma-Aldrich unit wins work from BTG
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 04 8:08 AM
SAFC’s Pharma business segment will provide BTG plc with chemical development services relating to a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, SAFC said Wednesday.Save to My Web