Tag Archive | "Alzheimer’s"

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MIND & Mediterranean Diets Associated With Fewer Alzheimer’s Plaques,Tangles

People who eat diets rich in green leafy vegetables as well as other vegetables, fruits, whole grains, olive oil, beans, nuts and fish may have fewer amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brain — signs of Alzheimer’s disease — than people who do not consume such diets.

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Dementia Care Programs Help, If Caregivers Can Find Them

There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers.

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Leqembi: Why New Alzheimer’s Drug Is Having A Slow U.S. Debut

The first drug to show that it slows Alzheimer’s is on sale, but treatment for most patients is still several months away. 

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More Covid Variants, More Alzheimer’s Drugs

As 2023 entered its first month, the media began spreading stories about the new Covid “subvariant,” XBB.1.5, warning of a potential surge in COVID-19 cases as it sweeps across the Northeast.

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Leqembi: New Drug Slows Alzheimer’s But Comes With Caveats

A new Alzheimer’s drug is hitting the market, the first with clear-cut evidence that it can slow, by several months, the mind-robbing disease.

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Aduhelm: Alzheimer’s Drug Approval ‘Rife With Irregularities’

The Food and Drug Administration’s contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer’s drug took another hit Thursday as congressional investigators called the process “rife with irregularities.”

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