Aging is something that none of us can avoid but also a reality that we can prepare for. With age comes a greater possibility of being diagnosed with diseases like dementia. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 10 million new cases crop up across the globe annually. Dr. Natali Edmonds, a geropsychologist, joined Cheddar News to provide some tips on identifying early signs of dementia and to discuss home-care options that might make life easier for people, such as aging parents of adults, who might be suffering from cognitive degenerative disease.
The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.
