WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of increasing health care costs, the outlook is improving for seniors worried about paying their medical bills
DISAPPOINTMENT: A product that Baxter International was testing failed to slow mental decline or preserve physical function in a major study of 390
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to
Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A northern Utah sheriff's office is floating a unique and unproven idea for keeping seniors with Alzheimer's disease and
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a compounding pharmacy is recalling dozens of lots of the Roche drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — A staggering 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says a new report that highlights the
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because
In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co.
Merck & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 7 percent because of hits from generic competition and one-time charges, and the company pushed back
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of families are beginning to grapple with the one major health expense for which most Americans are not insured:
As many as 2 million older Americans are abused in various ways each year, experts estimate.
MASON, Ohio (AP) — She raises her hands to her snow-white hair in a gesture of frustrated bewilderment, then slowly lowers them to cover eyes
