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We've been asking ourselves this question. Would Mom be better off in a different community? My mother in law Alice, is now 90. She lives alone in a 2700 square foot home that she enjoys. It's in a retirement community with lots of amenities. But, you have to drive everywhere. She is a bit isolated unless she gets in the car. read »
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The billionaire who faked a UCLA degree to land one of his first jobs is adding to his reputation as the school's largest donor. read »
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The 2300 page "Obamacare" law as it has become known, is the national healthcare law that is supposed to solve many of our problems with availability and cost of proper medical care in this country. 30 million uninsured will have access they did not have before (CBO,2011) uninsured people with pre-existing [...] read »
The FDA today updated its safety review of the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix, Pfizer). A large meta-analysis, which the FDA had required Pfizer to perform, found a higher rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients taking varenicline than in patients taking placebo. However, the increase in risk was very small and did not achieve statistical significance. The FDA concluded that "it is uncertain whether the excess risk for the Chantix group was due to the drug or due[...] read »