Tag: Elderly
Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds
Every year, tens of thousands of people enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans are denied necessary care that…
In a First, Google Goes After Puppy Fraud in Court
In a first for the tech giant, Google filed a consumer protection lawsuit to shield the vulnerable and…
Calling TIAs Strokes Could Help Patients Seek Proper Care, Neurologists Say
“She was sitting in a recliner next to me when her head tilted back a little and her…
Inside a Campaign to Get Medicare Coverage for a New Alzheimer’s Drug
In the interview, Mr. Johns echoed these explanations. Asked if association officials had communicated with Biogen since Medicare’s…
Retired Doctor’s Protest Gets Attention of Spanish Banks
MADRID — Because he has Parkinson’s disease, and his shaking hands make it hard for him to push…
Should You Get a 4th Covid Shot?
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.As…
Pfizer and BioNTech Seek Authorization of a Second Booster Shot for Older Americans
But since Israel only recently began its second booster program, researchers could not determine whether the added protection…
The CTE Link Between Players from the 1972 Miami Dolphins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On a sunny January day nearly 50 years ago, Nick Buoniconti, Jim Kiick and…