Health Headlines for Tuesday, August 16
Aetna to Pull Back From Public Health Care Exchanges
New York Times
In a blow to President Obama’s health care law, Aetna, one of the nation’s major insurers, said Monday that it would sharply reduce its participation in the law’s public marketplaces next year.
Ask Well: Is Dementia the Same as Alzheimer’s Disease?
New York Times/Blog
Dementia is a general term for a set of symptoms that includes severe memory loss, a significant decline in reasoning and severely impaired communication skills; it most commonly strikes elderly people and used to be referred to as “senility.”
Yes, Medicine Can Use Virtual Reality, Emphasis on Reality
New York Times/Blog
You’d think medicine would be the last holdout against virtual reality.
Hey, new parents! Please stop putting anything other than your baby in the crib
New York Daily News
It sounds like the easiest advice in the world to follow: Don’t put anything in the crib with your baby. And yet a new study finds nine out of 10 parents are still tucking their infants in with loose bedding and objects that can strangle or smother them.