Where You Live Can Shape How Alzheimer ’ s Affects You
The FDA in mid-July for the first time ever approved an Alzheimer’s drug, Leqembi. The annual price-tag will run patients $26,500. The same week, the Alzheimer’s Association for the first time ever released county-level data to identify which communities are most struggling with the disease. 6.7 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease and 134,000 of them will die because of it each year. We’ve known these aggregate numbers for a while now, but with new data and new drugs, healthcare specialists can now better target attention and resources. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] ...
Source: TIME: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeremy Ney Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Beyonc é in D.C.: FedEx Field Issues Shelter-in-Place Order Due to Severe Weather
Beyoncé concertgoers ready for the Renaissance World Tour at FedEx Field Sunday night (Aug. 6) were told to shelter in place ahead of showtime due to lightning in the area. Concert organizers at the D.C.-local stadium, located nearby in Maryland, instructed fans to shelter in place around 6:40…#beyoncé #renaissanceworldtour #fedexfield #maryland #fedexfields #newjerseys #metlifestadium #beyonce #landover
Source: Reuters: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Donald Trump ' s First Amendment defense is ' deranged, ' Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin says
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., slammed former President Donald Trump’s legal defense in his criminal case over the 2020 election as “deranged.” A former member of the now-dissolved House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, Raskin went after John Lauro,…#jamieraskin #donaldtrump #capitol #johnlauro #trump #constitution #ourconstitution #meetpress #firstamendment #maryland
Source: Reuters: Health - August 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Police search for Maryland teacher who disappeared after going on a walk
Police are searching for a Maryland teacher who was reported missing more than a week ago after she disappeared after going on a walk, authorities said. Mariame Toure Sylla, 59, was last seen in Greenbelt, Maryland, on July 29 around 8 p.m., the Greenbelt Police Department said in a statement…#maryland #mariametouresylla #greenbelt #sylla #rickbowers #wtop
Source: Reuters: Health - August 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A landmark study opens a new possible way for Black Americans to trace their ancestry
Researchers have connected the DNA from enslaved individuals buried in a Maryland village to nearly 42,000 present-day descendants.
Source: NPR Health and Science - August 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott Maucione Source Type: news

Tracing Freud on the Acropolis review – Freud’s big fat Greek guilt complex
Freud Museum, LondonSigmund Freud ’s momentous trip to Athens in 1904, and the subsequent realisation that he might surpass his father’s achievements, is captured in this small but enthralling showIn September 1904, Sigmund Freud set out with his brother Alexander on their annual Mediterranean holiday. They were aiming for Corfu, but the heat was so intense they took a ship from Trieste to Athens instead. The two men climbed the legendary hill above the city to visit the Acropolis and it was there that Freud became overwhelmed with a strange and bewildering sensation. “By the evidence of my senses I am now standing o...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Laura Cumming Tags: Art Sigmund Freud Culture Psychology Exhibitions Art and design Source Type: news

How to Catch Pandemic Fraud? Prosecutors Try Novel Methods
Strained by limited resources, prosecutors are deploying special teams and nurturing local relationships to catch up to a wave of fraud. Federal prosecutors are scrambling to recoup billions of dollars in pandemic aid from people who falsely obtained funds from government programs that were…#labordepartments #justicedepartment #sba #michaelgaldo #mississippi #clayjoyner #maryland #ereklbarron #jerryphillips #capitolheights
Source: Reuters: Health - August 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Search continues for beloved teacher who went missing 1 week ago
The search continues for a beloved Maryland teacher who mysteriously vanished a week ago, as the community held a vigil praying for her safe return. Mariame Toure Sylla, 60, was last seen near a park on July 29 around 8 p.m., the Greenbelt Police Department said. She is considered a critical…#maryland #mariametouresylla #abcwashington #florida #northcarolina #sylla #schromhillspark #greenbelt #arizona #montana
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Community rallies to find Maryland teacher who disappeared after going for a walk
Police, students and parents in Greenbelt, Maryland, are desperately searching for a beloved teacher who went missing last week. Mariame Toure Sylla, 59, was last seen around 8 p.m. in the 6500 block of Lake Park Drive in Greenbelt on July 29, according to Greenbelt police. Her son says she left…#greenbelt #maryland #mariametouresylla #lakeparkdrive #schromhillspark #sylla #muslim #ivorycoast #capitalbeltway #forestville
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

' On the ground sobbing ' : Traveler devastated as her wheelchair was dropped on off a plane
This was not how Stephanie Groce wanted to start her wedding trip. She was flying from Washington National Airport to San Diego via Philadelphia on American Airlines on July 10 to set up for the big day. Groce, 27, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and said she made it as far as Philadelphia before the…#stephaniegroce #sandiego #philadelphia #americanairlines #ehlersdanlos #crj #disneyland #groce #ftmeade #maryland
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

There ’s Now An Oral Treatment for Postpartum Depression
Treating depression is complex and time-consuming, since matching patients to the right drug treatment is a matter of trial and error that can take weeks or even months. And post partum depression, which affects up to 20% of new mothers in the first six weeks after giving birth, is no different. On August 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved zuranolone, or Zurzuvae, for treating postpartum depression. The drug, developed by Massachusetts-based biotechs Sage Therapeutics and Biogen, is a pill that women take once a day for 14 days and is the first oral treatment for the major depressive condition. [tim...
Source: TIME: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Sen. Rand Paul says GOP ' s top recruit against Manchin has ' a lot of health issues, ' questions his ability to serve
None Sen. Rand Paul is raising concerns over the health of his party's top Senate recruit in West Virginia. • None He said that Gov. Jim Justice has "a lot of health issues" and questioned "how he'll be able to serve." • None It comes amid a spate of recent health-related incidents among members…#randpaul #westvirginia #jimjustice #ussenate #kentucky #joemanchin #alexmooney #maryland #mitchmcconnell #diannefeinstein
Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Women of Excellence 2023: Elizabeth Wise, University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health
The CEO is in her second year on the job, overseeing $250 million worth of construction projects — including the hospital's new campus.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joanna Sullivan Source Type: news

Maryland man linked to cold case rapes from over 40 years ago: police
A 70-year-old Baltimore County, Maryland, man accused of raping multiple women from 1978-1986, has been arrested with the help of forensic evidence collected by an emergency room physician and placed on microscope slides. The Baltimore County Police Department announced Wednesday the arrest of…#baltimorecounty #maryland #jamesshipesr #robertmccullough #rudigerbreitenecker #ohio #coldcasemurder #gbmc #gbmcslideproject #shipe
Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

DNA of enslaved iron workers illuminates African American history
A view of the site of the Catoctin Furnace, an iron forge where enslaved people of African descent once worked, in Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland, U.S., in this undated photograph. Aneta Kaluzna/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Not far from Camp David, the U.S.…#catoctinfurnace #african #maryland #anetakaluznahandout #campdavid #catoctinmountainpark #industrialrevolution #africanamerican #westafrica #wolof
Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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