A physician’s Being Patient report describes how cognitive impairment may increase vulnerability to financial scams and outlines family safeguards.

A Being Patient interview explores how midlife LDL and brain cholesterol may relate to dementia risk, while stressing that the pathways differ.

A Sixty and Me contributor describes giving up alcohol in retirement and finding renewed purpose through curiosity and everyday pleasures.

A UK Biobank study links healthier sleep with better cognitive test scores and larger brain volumes in people with diabetes, heart disease or stroke.

Analysts say a Democratic-controlled Congress may scrutinize HHS, revisit surprise billing rules and consider Medicaid changes, though major bills face hurdles.

UW Health brought Beaver Dam Medical Center into its system Nov. 1, including a hospital campus with a skilled nursing facility and senior housing.

CMS estimates the 2027 rule will raise aggregate Medicare home health payments by $415 million while adding a temporary 3% rate adjustment and new enrollment controls.