Alzheimer; News from the web:
Six Taiwan-based scientists have announced what may be a long hoped-for breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. They have discovered that so-called statins, drugs developed originally to lower cholesterol levels, seem to reduce the risk of dementia by as much as one-quarter.
It is still early days and reduced risk does not mean prevention or treatment. But there is another glimmer of hope.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Sometimes news is too good to be true and in this case…. Citalopram was found effective to reduce stress and anxiety in Alzheimer patients and thus also helped their caregivers reduce stress levels. Here is the trade-off though; the study also showed a decline in cognitive function and there are some known health risks associated with using this product. Read up on it for the full story
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Researchers and drug companies are joining forces to examine similarities among some of our worst ailments. NIH Director Francis Collins talks with Diane about a new era of collaboration to find treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Unfortunately not. Here the sad story about another two drugs that have failed in the trials.
Both bapineuzumab and solanezumab did not improve patients’ ability to think and solve problems, according to findings published in the Jan. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Alzheimer is big business. If you think about the millions of people who suffer from this disease and then think about how much they would spend on drugs that effectively keep the disease at bay or even cure the problem. There are in this world always people out to get rich by unfair practices and here is the story of a scientist who was allegedly used in a plot to get insider knowledge about the success of a drug development.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
We get these stories from time to time and we pass them on to you, our readers. This one looks more promising than other stories but we don’t like to spread false hope. At this moment there are only a few therapies available and they only work for a limited time frame to delay the unavoidable run of the disease.
This new drug has not been effective with patients in later stages but it is now believed it would be effective in patients with an early development of Alzheimer.
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