Tag: Medical Conditions
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Biogen to slash 1,000 jobs as it looks to save $700 million
[ad_1] Biogen Inc. BIIB, -3.58% said Tuesday that it will eliminate about 1,000 jobs as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative designed to save $700 million annually. The belt-tightening comes as the biotech company launches its Alzheimer’s treatment, Leqembi, a collaboration with Eisai Co. Ltd. ESALF, -2.36% that received full U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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‘This has absolutely changed me.’ Alzheimer’s takes a toll on patients and their loved ones.
[ad_1] More than six million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and that number will more than double to 12.7 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. What’s often overlooked in this tally is the caregivers and family members who take care of these patients and loved ones, and the toll it takes on them. In…
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Even younger people should have a will: How to make one without spending a fortune
[ad_1] Making a will isn’t a task just for the old and wealthy. It’s also for the well-prepared. Recent years serve as a heavy reminder that you might not know when your last days are. Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped in both 2020 and 2021, driven by COVID-19 deaths and an increase in accidental…
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The highest rates of Alzheimer’s are in these U.S. counties, new research shows
[ad_1] The eastern and southeastern United States have the highest prevalences of Alzheimer’s dementia, according to new research released Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam. The study, by researchers at Rush Medical College in Chicago, includes county-level estimates of Alzheimer’s rates among adults age 65 and older in all 3,142 U.S. counties. …
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‘My father’s first emotion was overwhelming relief.’ Understanding hospice: What it is—and what it isn’t.
[ad_1] In September 2022, I accompanied my 82-year-old father to an appointment with his oncologist. My father had recently had a PET scan and the results were not good. After seven years on a successful immune-therapy drug regimen, his cancer had spread. The doctor told us it might be time to consider hospice care. The American…
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Here’s how many Diet Cokes you’d have to drink daily to get too much aspartame
[ad_1] A leading global health body has declared that the artificial sweetener aspartame, commonly used as an ingredient in diet soda, chewing gum and vitamins, may cause cancer. But the World Health Organization’s report late Thursday also noted that people would have to be exposed to extreme amounts of aspartame — whether through diet, occupational…
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Artificial sweetener aspartame is possibly carcinogenic, WHO says
[ad_1] Aspartame, the non-sugar sweetener widely used in fizzy drinks, chewing gum, vitamins and other products, is possibly carcinogenic, according to a new assessment from a global health body. The potential hazard is based on “limited evidence” of cancer in humans, specifically a type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma, according to the new report…
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Amazon Prime Day’s most popular items reveal an awful lot about Americans
[ad_1] You are what you buy. If that’s true, Americans have revealed a lot about what’s meaningful to them during Amazon Prime Day’s two-day online shopping festival on July 11 and 12. The top five items: Temptations cat treats, Amazon Fire TV Sticks, Liquid I.V. packets, Apple Watch Series 8 and Melissa & Doug toys,…