President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he plans on closing the gap in prescription drug coverage for senior citizens.
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President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he plans on closing the gap in prescription drug coverage for senior citizens.
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A new study, conducted by Queen’s University in Belfast, Ireland shows that a specific amount of vitamins and other nutrients can slow down the rate of sight loss in AMD (age-related macular degeneration). AMD is a major cause of blindness in the elderly that destroys sharp, central vision which is needed for seeing objects...
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Eight defendants were recently charged in an elaborate scam that involved billing Medicare for fake HIV and cancer infusion drugs. The fraud spanned the five states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana and used 29 fake storefronts in order to attempt to steal $100 million from Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Two...
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A recent study finds that people who visit their primary care doctor for routine blood tests or screening are frequently not informed of the results of those tests, even if they come back abnormal. To come to these conclusions the researchers looked at the medical records of 5434 people ages 50 to 59 years...
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A Yale School of Medicine research team recently discovered that suppressing a liver enzyme which induces glucose production helps diminish the symptoms of type 2 diabetes in rats. Consequently, this reduces blood glucose concentrations, decreases the rate of glucose production in the liver and improves insulin sensitivity. Since type 2 diabetes is characterized by abnormally high...
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Smart car? That’s an understatement. BMW, along with Mercedes and Volvo, are developing cards with a wide range of technology intended to make driving safer for seniors. BMW’s model is a car that will safely guide itself to a stop in case the driver suffers a heart attack or other medical emergency such as...
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The Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers to stop using three of the Zicam nasal cold symptom remedies because they have been shown to cause users to permanently lose their sense of smell. The FDA reports that since 1999, it has received over 130 reports of loss of smell associated with Zicam use....
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The American Medical Association let Congress know on Wednesday that it opposes creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan that is strongly supported by President Obama and many other democrats. The association, which is made up of both doctors and employers, opposes the government-backed plan that would compete with private insurers because a public plan...
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According to a study done by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Plymouth in the U.K., many Medicare beneficiaries find it hard to choose the most cost-effective Medicare Part D plan when there are so many plans to choose from. Beneficiaries often choose unnecessarily expensive plans and don’t realize that...
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The Medicare Part D plan is notorious for its so-called doughnut gap. The doughnut gap is the gap in coverage where beneficiaries generally start paying the full cost for their medicines. This happens when total drug expenditures by the beneficiary reach $2,700. This gap in coverage usually occurs during the summer or fall and...
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