The debilitating brain disease influences the lives of millions of other people, particularly family members of patients.

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Family members of patients and staff filled the hospital, taxing the dwindling resources.

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Frazier says there have been 475 personal injury cases brought against the drug giant by 1, 100 people--either patients or family members of patients.

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They also use aging-brain software to collect data on symptoms, track the stress level of family members and monitor how well patients' goals and needs are being met.

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For 24% of the patients, other family members were also sleepwalkers.

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About 50 patients, some family members and employees of Kindred Hospital New Orleans have been evacuated to other facilities, Louisville, Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare said in a statement Friday.

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Moreover, suspected adverse events can be reported by virtually anyone patients, doctors, family members, investors, employees of companies that make competing products and even trial lawyers.

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