This startup wants to use food as medicine for older people

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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and today in healthcare news:

• The download on some mixed Alzheimer's drug results;
• Meet the startup that wants insurers to pay for seniors' groceries and meal kits;
• What we're doing wrong in the fight against COVID-19.

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New data on Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug backs a hotly debated scientific theory, but shows mixed benefits for patients

• Eli Lilly's experimental treatment slowed down cognitive decline by 32% in a midstage trial.
• But the drug missed most of the secondary trial goals, including one watched by experts.
• An Eli Lilly executive told Insider the data was mixed, but very exciting.

Dig deeper here>>

A new kind of healthcare startup wants health insurers to pay for meal kits and groceries for food-insecure seniors

• Project Well, a startup taking a nutritional approach to chronic disease, raised $2 million.
• The startup plans to target the booming Medicare Advantage market.
• It works with food vendors and dietitians to get patients to eat healthier and manage conditions.

Find out more here>>

The 4 things the US is doing wrong in the fight against COVID-19, and what we should be doing instead

• We've been living pandemic life for a year now.
• Insider has identified 4 ways we could be living with COVID-19 better, right now.
• Safer travel, savvier surveillance, and well-regulated masks are all areas we can improve, and the results could be huge.

See the full analysis here>>

More stories we're reading today:

• Germany, France, and 10 other countries have all suspended AstraZeneca's vaccine over possible side effects (Insider)
• Correctional officers are turning down vaccines (The Marshall Project)
• Facebook announced a new plan to help users make COVID-19 vaccine appointments (Insider)
• What's happening with AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine (Stat News)

- Lydia