Health Headlines for Tuesday, November 22
U.S. Dementia Rates Are Dropping Even as Population Ages
New York Times
Despite fears that dementia rates were going to explode as the population grows older and fatter, and has more diabetes and high blood pressure, a large nationally representative survey has found the reverse. Dementia is actually on the wane. And when people do get dementia, they get it at older and older ages.
Roswell Park CEO: 2016 is ‘best year ever’
Buffalo Business First
With a lung cancer vaccine partnership in the works, international media attention and expanded research dollars in hand, Roswell Park Cancer Institute is inching closer to financial independence while solidifying its case to continue receiving state funding assistance.
Catholic Charities health center completes campus reuse vision
Buffalo Business First
After than a year of planning, Catholic Charities of Buffalo on Wednesday opened its new health care center at the Immigration and Refugee Assistance Campus on Buffalo’s West Side.
Many Insured Children Lack Essential Health Care, Study Finds
New York Times
Margo Solomon has health insurance for herself and her four children.
NFL Players Searching For Painkiller Choices Hope For Relaxed Marijuana Ban
NPR
Voters in seven more states said “yes” to marijuana this month. Pot now is legal for recreational or medicinal use in more than half the country.