It’s also worth mentioning that if you’ve been advised to have a transplant or had liver failure, you’ll have to accept a waiting period. Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Not eligible for immediate coverage Yo
If not found and treated, Lyme disease can lead to problems with your joints,heart, andnervous system. It can even affect your memory. How Is It Diagnosed? If you’ve been outside in an area where ticks are known to live, you should tell your doctor. They’ll also want to know abou...
To contextualize their reading, participants were asked to imagine that a fictitious friend had been diagnosed with high cholesterol levels and was now concerned about potential negative health effects. The participants conducted an Internet search to help their friend find out about any such negative ...
There is no cure for Alzheimer's, but there are treatments—from cognitive enhancers to non-drug approaches—to help manage it. Learn about the options.
Plans can have specific rules you must follow to get a medication covered. For example, you might need to try another medication first (a process known as step therapy), get approval from the plan beforehand (known as prior authorization), or be diagnosed with a specific condition. These req...
“In older people, you can name any disease that can be diagnosed in asymptomatic people, and there will be some people who will die of other causes,” Jack said. He says that doesn’t mean that people with Alzheimer’s disease don’t deserve good diagnosis and g...
Trinity researchers have examined the effectiveness of a new blood test which could change the way Alzheimer's disease is identified. The blood test (plasma p-tau217) detects the presence of amyloid plaques that build up in the brain of people with Alzheimer's disease. In the Alzheimer's bra...
Get informed about the disease. Top educational resources include the Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center (800-438-4380). Follow up with your doctor. Schedule regular appointments with your primary care physician or specialist, or consider going to a specialized...
When you ask people what living well means to them, you will get an array of answers. For some, it’s about being happy, for others it’s about their health. But for the family faced with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, it takes on a whole new meaning — living well is vit...
He’s the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more.” Tony Bennett continued to perform his fans despite being diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2016 (Theo Wargo/Getty Images) The pop and rock icon thrived under pressure as the music industry underw...