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The Search For An Alzheimer’s Cure Continues
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Dr. William Pendlebury is a Professor of Pathology and Neurology and Director of the UVM Center on Aging and Fletcher Allen’s Memory Center. She spoke with Vermont Edition about the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s.Vermont Edition
Alzheimer’s in the Family
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If you knew you were going to get Alzheimer’s disease, how would you live your life differently? What would you want your family and loved ones to do when you no longer remembered them? We’ll talk with Nancy Bercaw, author of a new memoir about dealing with Alzheimer’s in the family.VPR News
Problems Persist In Health Care Delivery
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Doctor Elliott Fisher, the new director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice talks with Vermont Edition about some of the inherent problems in how health care is delivered.VPR News
Vermont Releases Insurance Rates Under Obamacare
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Vermont became the first state on Monday to publish the rates it would charge people who don’t currently have health insurance to get coverage – a key step toward establishing the health exchanges that are central to the federal health care law known as Obamacare. Health officials said Monday the rates are comparable to current commercial rates.Commentary Series
Kittredge: On Hibernating
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Across the world Christians are celebrating Easter today. But as Susan Cooke Kittredge observes, this is a season of awakening and renewal for others as well.VPR News
House Committee Appears Set To Approve Marijuana Decriminalization
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A key House committee took testimony on Thursday about whether possessing small amounts of marijuana should be a civil offense, not a crime. In Montpelier, decriminalization was once considered one of the key issues of the legislative session, but it has recently taken a back seat.VPR News
Chair Of Green Mountain Care Health Board Resigns
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On Wednesday, the woman who has led the Shumlin administration’s health care overhaul for the past two years announced that she’s leaving state government at a critical juncture for the effort.VPR News
Monarch Butterfly Wintering Population At All Time Low
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Kent McFarland, conservation biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, explains why the population of monarch butterflies at their wintering grounds in Mexico is at an all-time low.Vermont Edition
