Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
People with hearing loss are about twice as likely as others to develop dementia. The wider availability and use of hearing aids would probably be the single intervention most effective in reducing the incidence of dementia The Economist: “How to reduce the risk of developing dementia“ The Economist argues that a healthy lifestyle can prevent…
To answer this question, a paper by Nicholas et al. (2024) conducted a nationally representative experimental survey. The survey used a series of vignettes related to care decisions of hospitalized adults with dementia. These vignettes were cross-randomized along three dimensions (i) cognitive impairment, (ii) gender, and (iii) characteristics of advance care planning. Based on this…
No surprise, but it’s high. Chandra, Coile and Mommaerts (2023) write: The average cost of AD [Alzheimer’s Disease] drug development is estimated (based on a host of assumptions) to be $5.6 billion, largely due to high preclinical and phase 3 trial costs (Cummings, Reiber, and Kumar 2018). This number greatly exceeds R&D costs for other…
People are not just dying from COVID, but the quarantine’s–while necessary–did exacerbate mental health issues for many individuals. This is especially true for individuals who suffer from Alzheimer’s and dementia. This American Life‘s had a recent episode showing how isolation likely accelerated the downward spiral of the narrator’s grandmother, who suffered from dementia. The Alzheimer’s…