Editors’ Top 5, Week of February 6

Trump Order Could Place Home Health Regulations on Chopping Block
With the new order, home health care organizations are eyeing a new “window of opportunity” to get harmful regulations out of the way. (Amy Baxter/Home Health Care News)

Trying To Solve The Alzheimer’s Puzzle
Despite a 99 percent failure rate and another major setback last month, Alzheimer’s researchers are plowing ahead with hundreds of experiments—and a boost in federal money—to try to a crack a deadly disease that has flummoxed them for decades. (Melissa Bailey/Kaiser Health News)

Healthcare Industry Celebrates One-In, Two-Out Executive Order Despite Unknowns
Providers and vendors face a myriad of rules drafted by numerous agencies and departments, including the CMS, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Food and Drug Administration and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (Adam Rebenfire/Modern Healthcare)

These Simple Activities Can Slow Your Brain’s Decline
A new study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic’s Scottsdale, Arizona, campus shows that such simple activities as crafts, card games or board games can hold off mental decline well into your 70s and beyond. (Ana Veciana-Suarez/Miami Herald)

Will a Test for Brain Trauma Protect NFL Players—or End the NFL?
Quanterix is one of several life sciences companies racing for a way to diagnose CTE in the living. (Ira Boudway/Bloomberg Businessweek)