AP Health - Senior Health

A bipartisan Senate bill to curb prescription drug costs for Medicare enrollees is getting a makeover that would lower copays and make it easier for seniors to budget

Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they believe they received inaccurate information

Experts are sharply split over the effectiveness of an experimental new Alzheimer’s drug

A company that claims it has the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease made its case to scientists Thursday, disclosing more results to help explain why one study of it succeeded and another failed

A study found that the drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia

Lawyers for a federal prisoner scheduled to be put to death next month are asking a judge to halt the execution because the prisoner has Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia

Hackers have launched a ransomware attack against a Milwaukee-based company that provides technology services to more than 100 nursing homes nationwide

The governing body for track and field will consider expelling Russia from membership following a raft of new charges that senior officials faked medical records

Medicare’s revamped online drug plan finder could prove confusing and costly for consumers

Glitch in Medicare’s revamped online drug plan finder could prove confusing and costly for consumers