National Institutes Of Health

New initiatives needed to build skilled caregiver workforce

Alice Vestergaard, Ed.D May 05, 2012

The aging of the American population and the healthcare issues that go with it are creating a demographic earthquake that will shake our current system of healthcare to the core. We are on our way to becoming a nation of caregivers, a job description we are largely unprepared to fill.

Funding for Alzheimer's research in question

McKnight's Staff April 05, 2012

The $80 million President Obama designated to Alzheimer's research could have more strings attached to it than previously thought, a key senator has said.

Researchers decry 'regressive attitude,' urge more consideration of seniors for kidney transplants

January 13, 2012

More seniors with kidney disease should be put on transplant lists, according to a Johns Hopkins researcher. Attitudes based on outdated outcomes instead appear to be keeping seniors off transplant lists, he said.

Alzheimer's groups announce new diagnostic criteria and biomarkers

April 20, 2011

New diagnostic criteria and new biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease should go a long way in helping physicians catch the disease earlier and develop therapies faster, according to new guidelines released by the Alzheimer's Association and the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Aging.

Panel finds no evidence to support effective measures to prevent Alzheimer's

April 30, 2010

An independent panel of medical experts has determined that there is no strong scientific evidence to support several measures for the prevention of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.