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How the Pathology of Parkinson's Spreads
(Source: University of California, San Diego) - Accumulation of the synaptic protein alpha-synuclein, which results in the formation of Lewy body aggregates in the brains of people with Parkinson's and other related neurodegenerative diseases, appears to spread throughout the brain as the diseases progress. Now, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea, have described how this mechanism works.
Transitional Care Cuts Hospital Re-Entry Rates, Costs
(Source: NPR) - Here's a number that tells you a lot about what's wrong with the American health care system: When older patients get discharged from a hospital, 1 out of 5 of them will come right back within a month. Medicare pays $17 billion a year on these hospital re-admissions. And in many cases, coming back should have been avoidable.
Support the 'Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009'
(Source: Alzheimer's Association) - For the last six years, federal funding for Alzheimer's research has declined in real terms while the loss of lives and costs to Medicare and Medicaid continue to soar. By calling for a significant increase of funding for Alzheimer's at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to $2 billion, the 'Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009' legislation authorizes the necessary resources to restore momentum in the pursuit of better diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Advances and progress in the various areas of Alzheimer research have the potential to save millions of lives and save billions of dollars to the nation's public health programs.
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