March 16, 2023 | 11:47 AM
tag | Alzheimer's disease
December 8, 2022 | 2:26 PM
How significant is new drug for those living with Alzheimer’s disease?
“It’s clinically significant, but also the potential significance for families”
August 17, 2022 | 9:15 AM
2 Pa. judges ordered to pay more than $200 million in kids-for-cash scheme
Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes
October 7, 2021 | 3:38 PM
As Alzheimer and dementia cases rise health officials express concern about a lack of care options
There is a ‘crisis of care’ for those afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease.
By Scott LaMar/WITF and Merideth Bucher/WITF September 23, 2021 | 5:03 AM
Pa. lawmakers know a dementia care crisis is coming. Will they agree on a response?
“The problem is now. It’s today. It’s not coming, it’s here.”
July 26, 2021 | 3:03 PM
Doctors worry that memory problems after COVID-19 may set the stage for Alzheimer’s
Some patients who have had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer’s. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself.
By Jon Hamilton/NPR 