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Observations About Some Things That Caught My Eye
Could “musical medicine” influence healthy aging?
NIH - Could music make older adults not only feel better but also improve their health? Much more research is needed before any definitive conclusions can be drawn, but there is growing scientific interest in music’s effects on the brain and body as we age.
Feeling Alone vs Being Alone, Charlotte Today, June 2, 2023
Study finds brain connectivity, memory improves in older adults after walking
ScienceDaily - Regular walks strengthen connections in and between brain networks, according to new research, adding to growing evidence linking exercise with slowing the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
88 percent of long-term care nurses see racism, discrimination from those they serve: survey
McKnight’s - Eighty-eight percent of nurses working in nursing homes and residential care facilities and in home healthcare have experienced racism or discrimination from residents, patients or clients, according to the results of a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault
WAPO - In the years before the covid-19 global pandemic, as life expectancy continued to increase in other countries, U.S. life expectancy plateaued and then decreased for three consecutive years. Researchers identified a key reason: U.S. mortality in midlife (ages 25-64 years) was increasing, a phenomenon not occurring in peer countries. This too became the subject of a landmark report, which cited drug overdoses, alcohol use, suicides and cardiometabolic diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, hypertensive heart disease) as leading causes. Enduring systemic racism and health inequities means that the U.S. health disadvantage is particularly acute among people of color, especially Native and Black Americans, whose life expectancy is far lower than that of White Americans.
This Nonprofit Health System Cuts Off Patients With Medical Debt
NYT - Doctors at the Allina Health System, a wealthy nonprofit in the Midwest, aren’t allowed to see poor patients or children with too many unpaid medical bills.
Observation - EVIL!
Assisted-living facility settles wandering death suit for $2 million
WAPO - Barbara Doyle was missing for nearly two weeks after she wandered out of an Arkansas assisted-living facility on the same day she was admitted in August 2021.
The 74-year-old was found dead 13 days later in a wooded area “no more than one half mile” from the facility. A judge approved a $2 million settlement in the case. As part of the agreement, no parties “admit or acknowledge any fault or negligence.”
Observation - only reason I listed this here is that it made the Washington Post, which is highly unusual.
Medicare to expand coverage for a new class of costly Alzheimer’s drugs
CNN - Medicare officials announced plans Thursday to broadly cover a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs following an intense lobbying campaign by patient advocates and drugmakers pressing for access to the first medications shown to slow cognitive decline from the disease.
Artificial Intelligence May Detect Early Alzheimer’s in Speech Patterns
EveryDay Health - Advanced AI analysis may be able to spot subtle features in a person’s speech that could help doctors detect Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms of mental decline appear.
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