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Pennsylvania May Get Seventy Percent of Special Medicaid Funding

It now looks like the state might get about 70 percent of the $850 million in additional federal Medicaid funding that it's been counting on, state Senate Republican leader Dominic Pileggi said today. Nothing is certain yet, he said, but that would mean the state would get $595 million instead of the full amount -- assuming that the U.S. Congress approves the additional funds in the next month or so. Getting only 70 percent of the federal money would still require some employee layoffs, but not as many as with the loss of the entire $850 million.

12 Strategies to Prevent Alzheimer's

Scientists are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer's disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting enough exercise and vitamin D may lower your risk. There are better brain scans to spot Alzheimer's disease. More genes that affect risk. Blood and spinal fluid tests that may help tell who will develop the mind-robbing illness and when.