The news about Alzheimer’s disease is just not good. Here is the latest unpleasant fact to sink your teeth into: One in three seniors in the United States dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. That’s what the Alzheimer’s Association announced this week when it released its “2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts..
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Here’s a breakthrough, though not in the lab, that could tremendously boost research on Alzheimer’s drugs: The Food and Drug Administration plans to ease up its requirements to approve such medications. It was actually more than a month ago, in early February, that the FDA announced its new draft guidance..
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The Wall Street Journal Tuesday made a good case for the early testing of patients for dementia, even though there is no cure, so to speak, for the decline in brain function as one ages. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324503204578320032854013890.html The story points out that whether older people should be screened for dementia has..
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A Canadian researcher has found that damage to the brain can persist for decades after the original head trauma, according to a report delivered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston Sunday. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/cffi-esc021513.php “Even when you are symptom-free, your brain may still not..
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With research on Alzheimer’s drugs suffering recent setbacks, scientists are trying a new tack with the disease: deep brain stimulation, namely mild electrical shocks to the brain, according to the Associated Press. http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/187650581.html Ohio State University is doing a study of what AP called “brain pacemakers” for Alzheimer’s. Several dozen..
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The holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and it’s a time that can revive ongoing family tensions and conflicts. And the period may now bring even more stress to baby boomers, who CNN has dubbed “Generation Alzheimer’s.” Boomers increasingly are caretakers to family members, parents or other relatives,..
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With a special brain scan now commercially available, people are being tested to see if they have Alzheimer’s disease. But if they get bad news, they face a quandary. They have a devastating ailment that has no cure. The New York Times tackled this issue in a Page One story..
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The prevalent scientific theory about Alzheimer’s disease is that it is caused by a protein called beta amyloid, which creates a sticky plaque in the brains of those with the dreaded ailment. But what if that theory is wrong? The Wall Street Journal Saturday did a fascinating Page One story..
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Scientists have chosen the first drugs that will be tested as part of a global clinical study to find ways to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The news was announced Wednesday in a press release from Washington University in St. Louis, the home base for the research. https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/24400.aspx The trial will kick..
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