|Articles|July 25, 2016

What We're Reading: CMS Was Overcharged a Record Billion Dollars

Author(s)AJMC Staff

What We’re Reading, July 25, 2016: Keeping dementia at bay in the elderly; PhRMA spends more and insurers spend less on lobbying, so far in 2016; and a record-breaking fraud case in Florida.

Keeping the brains of older adults active via a digital training exercise can reduce the risk of dementia, according to a study that was presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto. STAT news reports that the ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly) study, initiated in 1998, followed more than 2800 older adults (74 years and older when recruited) who received 1 of 3 forms of cognitive training or none. While 14% of participants in the untrained group developed dementia a decade later, only 8.2% of those who completed 10 sessions of computer-based training developed dementia.

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