Treatment

Jump in painkiller sales provoke worries about addiction, regulations

McKnight's Staff April 09, 2012

A huge rise in the use of oxycodone over the past decade has led to increasing worries about the number of addicts and a lack of places to treat them.

Treatment guidelines for Alzheimer-type dementia

February 17, 2012

This program focuses on Alzheimer-type dementia causes and treatments and covers the use of psychotropic medication and other pharmacologic options, as well as behavioral treatments and the disease burden on caregivers.

Good nursing care and laughter called important for treating hard-to-heal leg ulcers

March 10, 2011

Advanced technological approaches to treating venous leg ulcers are no match for good quality nursing care and a few good jokes, new research suggests.

Rheumatoid arthritis treatments for seniors called 'unacceptable'

February 07, 2011

More than one-third of 93,000 Medicare managed care enrollees who received care for rheumatoid arthritis in recent years did not receive recommended drugs, according to researchers. In addition, the quality of drug treatments varied among geographic areas, socio-economic groups and health plans. Study results appeared in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Alzheimer's costs could reach $20 trillion by 2050 if no treatment is found, report finds

May 21, 2010

Without an effective treatment, the cumulative costs of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease in the United States could top $20 trillion over the next 40 years, according to a new report from the Alzheimer's Association.

As patients age, their choices mean less to their doctors, report finds

March 24, 2010

Doctors of elderly patients who are incapable of making decisions are more likely to choose treatment that they believe is in the best interest of their patients, and not necessarily the treatment their patients would have wanted.

Researchers looking to extra-virgin olive oil for possible recipe against Alzheimer's

September 30, 2009

Extra-virgin olive oil (or E.V.O.O. to fans of cooking show host Rachael Ray) is heart-healthy cooking oil that goes great with Mediterranean food. Now, researchers say it might also help prevent Alzheimer's disease.