Posted on 10 March 2023. Tags: Alzheimer's, Dementia, MIND diet, Mediterranean Diet, research
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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Posted in Health studies
Posted on 28 February 2023. Tags: Alzheimer's, Dementia care, Health, Home Care, caregivers, comprehensive dementia care, elderly, family, memory care
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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Posted in Features
Posted on 16 February 2023. Tags: Alzheimer's, Leqembi, drug
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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Posted in Health
Posted on 06 February 2023. Tags: Alzheimer's, COVID, Leqembi, XBB.1.5
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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Posted in Pushback
Posted on 12 January 2023. Tags: Alzheimer's, Eisai, FDA, Leqembi, Leqembi benefits, Leqembi risks, Medicare, drug
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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Posted in Health, Features
Posted on 03 January 2023. Tags: Aduhelm, Alzheimer's, FDA, drug
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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Posted in Health