While Alzheimer disease and other brain diseases are similar and cannot be stopped, it's important that families get the right diagnosis in order to get the best care and plan for the future; daily consumption of eggs has been found to slightly increase the risk of heart disease and early mortality; Maine Governor Janet Mills submitted a bill to allow abortions to be performed by medical professionals besides physicians.
Older people with dementia are usually told they have Alzheimer disease, but other brain diseases are similar. While most of these diseases cannot be stopped, it's important that families get the right diagnosis in order to get the best care and plan for the future, scientists heard last week at a summit on dementias at the National Institutes of Health, according to NPR. The other conditions include strokes, a form of Parkinson disease called Lewy body disease, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration, which damages brain areas that regulate emotion and behavior.
Daily consumption of eggs has been found to slightly increase the risk of heart disease and early mortality, according to the Associated Press. Individuals who reported eating 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day, the equivalent of 1.5 eggs, were 17% more likely to develop heart disease than those who stated they didn’t eat eggs. Researchers at Northwestern University and elsewhere pooled results from 6 previous studies, analyzing data on almost 30,000 US adults.
Maine Governor Janet Mills submitted a bill to allow abortions to be performed by advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse-midwives, physician assistants, and other medical professionals, The Hill reported. Current state law allows only physicians to perform abortions. If the bill becomes a law, Maine would become the ninth state to allow abortions to be perfomed by medical professionals other than physicians, and the number of health centers in the state where procedures could be performed would increase from 3 to 18.
CMS released a final rule to help patients obtain Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage and issued a proposed rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities; debate over if gift card incentives are acceptable in health care marketing.
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