Thought of the Week


This Week in the News May 13th - May 20th, 2012


Update

Depakote Fined $1.6 Billion for Sedating Dementia Patients

VIDEO & ARTICLE

"Abbott directed its sales force to get Depakote widely used in nursing homes, principally to neutralize older patients as a substitute for proper staffing." Watch off-label drug misuse suffer history's 2nd-largest penalty.

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Feature

10 Tests for Alzheimer's

Senior working on laptop PC

VIDEO & IN-DEPTH ARTICLE

Alzheimer's tests vary greatly in ease and accuracy. Take one here or learn what's available at clinics & hospitals.Find out how they can help & which ones make sense for you.

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Prevention Tip of the Week

What’s the Meaning of Life? Can Living with Meaning Slow Dementia?

Senior man hiking

Can purpose in life slow cognitive decline even as the brain accumulates damaging plaques and tangles?

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Weekly Research Bulletin

Painkillers like Celebrex Lead to Dementia from Stroke

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VIDEO & ARTICLE

See how 13 years of study & debate confirmed the exact cardiovascular risk of certain anti-inflammatory pain-killers. Learn how these drugs put healthy users in the same risk-class as smokers and diabetics.

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Weekly Video

Clinical Trials Fight Alzheimer's & Provide Meaning

See why Alzheimer's sufferer, Bob Sessions, is participating in a trial of resveratrol. The clinical trial is being conducted by Georgetown University Medical Center and sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

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