Alzheimer’s costs exceed other diseases per patient
The Alzheimer's Association reports annual costs per patient reach at least 33,007 dollars, more than triple the 10,603 dollars for a non Alzheimer's older person, including home health visits as part of the burden.
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Diet high red meat linked to higher death risk study
Large NIH study in older Americans links high red and processed meat intake to increased risk of death from heart disease and cancer. Over ten years, quarter pound weekly meat consumption raised heart death risk by 27 percent versus the lowest intake. cancer risk corroborated.
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Rashmi Sinha
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Study finds health insurance deterioration hits workers hard
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study shows private health insurance costs rising far faster than wages, leaving about 26.9 million workers uninsured in the 2000s versus 20.7 million in the mid 1990s. It notes more states exceed 20 percent uninsured and calls for safety net support for adults.
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Health care reform study eyes $1.5 trillion cost over decade
A nationwide analysis sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation estimates health care reform would cost about 1.5 trillion dollars over ten years. Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the foundation, warns action cannot be delayed beyond this year and notes the system is already the world’s most costly.
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Icing suspected in Montana plane crash killing seven adults seven children
Investigators shifted focus to wing icing after a single engine turbo prop plunged into a cemetery near Butte. Seven adults and seven children aboard were killed as 14 on board, most of them young, were en route to a ski vacation at an exclusive resort. No cockpit or flight data recorder is required for such small aircraft, complicating the probe.
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Bert Mooney
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Montana
Mexico offers 2 million rewards for 24 top drug lords
Mexico's government announced 30 million pesos per head for 24 top cartel leaders and 15 million pesos for 13 lieutenants, in a bid to curb violence by the Pacific and Gulf cartels now fractured into new crime groups. The move follows years of violence under President Calderon and comes amid U.S. reward offers for some targets.
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Pope visit spotlight on Angola evictions from church land
Critics use Benedict XVI's Angola visit to highlight forcible evictions of thousands from church land since 2004. Amnesty International urges compensation for displaced families including Mateus Damiao and eight relatives who describe repeated police crackdowns and loss of community. The pope urged leaders to prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable.
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