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Penn State professor part of team finding potential new way to treat Alzheimer’s

A team of scientists, including researchers from Penn State, have found that a drug being developed for cancer treatment could also lead to a new treatment for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

By Anne Danahy/WPSU


How significant is new drug for those living with Alzheimer’s disease?

“It’s clinically significant, but also the potential significance for families”

By Scott LaMar/WITF

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2 Pa. judges ordered to pay more than $200 million in kids-for-cash scheme

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

As Alzheimer and dementia cases rise health officials express concern about a lack of care options

There is a ‘crisis of care’ for those afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease.

By Scott LaMar/WITF and Merideth Bucher/WITF

Pa. lawmakers know a dementia care crisis is coming. Will they agree on a response?

“The problem is now. It’s today. It’s not coming, it’s here.”

By Colin Deppen/Spotlight PA
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