Amitabh Chandra, Courtney Coile & Corina Mommaerts discuss “What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer’s Disease?” in NBER working paper #27760. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most expensive disease in...
USC CEASES-ADRD researchers Julie Zissimopoulos, and Johanna Thunell find older adults living alone report higher rates of anxiety and depression. Social distancing measures and stay at home orders have been expanded across the United States as the COVID-19 pandemic...
Previous research has led to findings that support links between a positive mental outlook and physical health benefits such as lower blood pressure, less heart disease, and healthier blood sugar levels. In a recent study of mood changes in older adults, scientists...
MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with clinical neurologist David Knopman, and epidemiologist Megan Zuelsdorff, about the broad frontier of Alzheimer’s research. The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is surging as baby boomers reach the age when the risk of...
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Michigan and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors found that Medicare beneficiaries who go on to be diagnosed with dementia are more likely to miss payments on...
