Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease.
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FDA Approves Much-Debated Alzheimer’s Drug Panned By Experts
Posted on 08 June 2021.
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Brain Sensor Offers Alzheimer’s Answers
Posted on 19 March 2021.
Through a brain sensor, Julius Zhu, PhD, and his collaborators have found an explanation for why Alzheimer’s drugs have limited effectiveness and why patients get much worse after going off of them.
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Alzheimer’s: Colleagues Question Scientist’s Pricey Recipe
Posted on 21 December 2020.
When her husband was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, Elizabeth Pan was devastated by the lack of options to slow his inevitable decline.
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First Blood Test To Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Goes On Sale
Posted on 02 December 2020.
A company has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, a leap for the field that could make it much easier for people to learn whether they have dementia.
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Depression: Downward Spiral For Caregivers Of Newly Diagnosed Dementia Patients
Posted on 08 September 2020.
Caring for a partner or spouse with a new diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or related dementia is associated with a 30 percent increase in depression, compared to older adults who don’t have a spouse with dementia.
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Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease A Step Closer
Posted on 29 July 2020.
An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer’s disease from those without it in several studies, boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple way to help diagnose this most common form of dementia.
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