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Medicare head pushes health care test sites - Boston Globe
Google Health News -- 2010-09-06 03:55:43.0

TopNews Arab Emirates
Medicare head pushes health care test sites
Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — Newly installed Medicare chief Donald Berwick, keeping a low public profile after encountering controversy over his appointment, is moving quickly behind the scenes to seed the US health care system with 100 to 300 ...
No illusions: Medicare reform is for realConcord Monitor
Roundtable: Health reform 2010Albany Business Review
Protecting Seniors And Other Beneficiaries From Medicare FraudKXO Radio
AAFP News Now -The Epoch Times -Huffington Post (blog)
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Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia - TIME
Google Health News -- 2010-09-02 21:06:33.0

CBC.ca
Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia
TIME
Doctors have been advising us for years to "use it or lose it": that is, to stay as intellectually active as possible into our waning years in order to avoid dementia. But the latest research shows that brain ...
Alzheimer's Trade-Off for Mentally Active SeniorsU.S. News & World Report
Active minds delay dementia but speed decline once it hitsUSA Today
Mental 'Exercise' May Only Hide Signs of Alzheimer'sBusinessWeek
Los Angeles Times -PhysOrg.com -MedPage Today
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Mental "exercise" linked to faster dementia progression (Reuters)
Yahoo Health News -- 2010-09-02 11:19:54.0

Alzheimer's disease patient Isidora Tomaz, 82, sits in her armchair with two chairs placed in front of her by her husband Amilcar Dos Santos (unseen) to prevent her from falling to the ground in their house in Lisbon September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Nacho DoceReuters - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer's is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday.
 
For the intellectually active, Alzheimer's diagnosis begins a steep slide - Los Angeles Times
Google Health News -- 2010-09-02 00:58:11.0

CBC.ca
For the intellectually active, Alzheimer's diagnosis begins a steep slide
Los Angeles Times
The vaunted protection that intellectually active adults get from Alzheimer's disease has a dark downside, a study released Wednesday has found. Once dementia symptoms become evident and Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed in such patients, their mental ...
Mental 'Exercise' May Only Hide Signs of Alzheimer'sBusinessWeek
Active minds delay dementia but speed decline once it hitsUSA Today
Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementiamsnbc.com
MedPage Today -Telegraph.co.uk -Science News
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Medicare Donut Hole Rebate Checks on the Way - WebMD (blog)
Google Health News -- 2010-08-31 15:14:49.0

International Business Times
Medicare Donut Hole Rebate Checks on the Way
WebMD (blog)
Our guest blogger is Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As Secretary, she leads the principal agency charged with keeping Americans healthy, ensuring they get the health care they need, and providing ...
Five plead guilty in $37M Medicare fraud scamBizjournals.com
Doctor admits to making unnecessary Medicare referralsMiamiHerald.com
A Million Seniors Receive $250 Medicare ChecksHuffington Post (blog)
West Virginia Public Broadcasting -Lexology (registration) -New York Times (blog)
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Medicare To Cover Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Counseling - Medical News Today
Google Health News -- 2010-08-30 21:16:23.0

KOMO News
Medicare To Cover Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Counseling
Medical News Today
People who want to give up smoking may be entitled to Medicare cover for evidence-based cessation counseling, the HSS (Department of Health and Human Services, USA) announced. Before this announcement, only individuals with a tobacco-related disease ...
Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quitThe Associated Press
Medicare now covers smoking cessation as a preventative measureFood Consumer
Medicaid expansion urges seniors to quit smokingHULIQ
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News -About.com: Health -Learning and Finance (blog)
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Medicare to Cover Smoking Cessation - MedPage Today
Google Health News -- 2010-08-27 13:11:10.0

ABC News
Medicare to Cover Smoking Cessation
MedPage Today
WASHINGTON -- Good news for seniors who want to quit smoking -- Medicare will now cover tobacco cessation counseling -- the Department of Health and Human Services announced. ...
Don Berwick Walks the Prevention Walk: Medicare Covers Smoking CessationWBUR
Medicare expands coverage of tobacco cessation counselingCNN (blog)
Health Policy ResearchKaiser Health News
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -The Hill (blog) -St. Augustine Record
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Medicare Expands Coverage To Help Seniors Quit Smoking - Huffington Post (blog)
Google Health News -- 2010-08-26 18:35:04.0

ABC News
Medicare Expands Coverage To Help Seniors Quit Smoking
Huffington Post (blog)
Medicare coverage for seniors trying to quit smoking has been expanded to include those who have not already been diagnosed with a tobacco-related disease, the Obama administration announced Wednesday. Previously, Medicare only offered coverage for ...
Millions to get new drug plans as Medicare simplifies programMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Medicare Expands Coverage For Tobacco-Related CounselingKaiser Health News
Healthcare ThursdayThe Hill (blog)
Hot Air (blog) -The White House (blog) -Abilene Reporter-News
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More Than 3M Seniors May Have To Switch Drug Plans - NPR
Google Health News -- 2010-08-25 07:10:34.0

Providence Journal
More Than 3M Seniors May Have To Switch Drug Plans
NPR
by AP A plan by Medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick drug coverage could force 3 million seniors to switch plans next year whether they like it or not, says an independent analysis. That risks undercutting President Barack Obama's ...
More Than 3M Seniors May Have to Switch Drug PlansABC News
American Hospital Assn. pays $4.2 M to lobby in 2QBusinessWeek
Health Information TechnologyKaiser Health News
Texas Insider -Othello Outlook -The News Journal
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Ind. ruling halts caregiver choices based on race (AP)
Yahoo Health News -- 2010-08-23 18:59:52.0

In this July 30, 2010 photo, Brenda Chaney poses in her attorney Denise LaRue's office , in Indianapolis. Chaney worked in a Plainfield, Ind., nursing home that issued her an assignment sheet including a daily reminder that one woman in her unit 'Prefers No Black CNAs.' Nursing home residents have the right to choose who's going to take care of them, except when those choices are based on color, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Chaney's case in July. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor, unable to stand.
 
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