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Is it good to get our hopes up with every bit of good news, or is the disappointment when it turns out not to be the magic bullet too much?
A promising new drug called BAN2401 generated a lot of excitement after a clinical trial found it slowed the progression of Alzheimer’s by 30%, but recent revelations have left investors and doctors with more questions than answers, reports Bloomberg.
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Good explanation of why it is so difficult to develop an Alzheimer’s drug and which one is leading the pack.
Expect next year some results about these hopeful developments.
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Listen to this NPR program that helps caretakers to find tips and exchange experiences.
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Researchers say a type of iron called magnetite shows up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s. Figuring out why could lead to new treatments for the disease.
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With two of the last drug-makers abandoning their late stage trials, the familiar question comes up again: Why would you want to know if you have Alzheimer’s when there is no cure? The opinions are divided.
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See how people with dementia and alzheimer’s can now live in the village they once knew again.
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Besides attacking amyloid, now researchers are focusing on trying to remove the tau protein from the brains and they do a double blind trial into this.
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Caring for dolls gives Dementia patients a sense of purpose, increases communication and reduces stress.
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Researchers have reversed symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in fruit flies by adjusting the production of certain enzymes. The finding may open doors to exploring epigenetics as a potential avenue for Alzheimer’s disease treatments
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“While spare change doesn’t seem like a lot, automatically rounding up one’s transaction adds up to about $50 per month on average,” Tokarsky said. “Just think about it. Does it really make sense for millions of people to wait around to die from a horrible disease, simply because one can’t make a profit developing a cure? Doesn’t it make more sense to invest our spare change, regardless if we make money or lose it, but so that we have a pretty decent chance for a cure in 5, 10 or 15 years?”
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A momentous scientific study focused on early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, and tracking it over time, seeks healthy volunteers without memory problems, as well as people who have mild memory problems and those who have been diagnosed with mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Potential study volunteers can learn more by visiting www.ADNI3.org or by calling 1-888-2-ADNI-95 (1-888-223-6495).
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Scientists have recently made a major discovery that could lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study published in Nature Medicine reports that researchers were able to identify the primary genetic risk factor the development of the disease, and they even figured out a potential way to neutralize the risk factor.
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Good hopeful story on the use of infrared light for short session, six days a week to improve Alzheimer’s symptoms.
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Alzheimer’s sufferers could once again remember the faces of loved ones, or find their way back home, after scientists developed a way to boost memories.
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Will take another decade to come and the development seems to cost about $10B
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The current Alzheimer’s clinical research impasse has encouraged more doctors to pursue non-pharmacological alternatives. For most individuals — beyond the up-to-5-percent who are genetically predisposed to early onset Alzheimer’s — focusing on lifestyle factors as the key to brain fitness and cognitive function, they say, is wiser than waiting for a breakthrough delivered in a pill.
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Alzheimer’s disease will become manageable like HIV, say award-winning scientists
Professor Michel Goedert, of Cambridge University, who discovered the importance of tau protein in Alzheimer’s said he could see a time when dementia became a chronic illness like HIV.
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Three health occupation students at Whittier Tech are using music therapy as a way to help patients with Alzheimer’s disease communicate with family and friends.
After watching “Alive Inside” — a film that follows Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he works to combat memory loss in patients through the use of music — juniors Allasandra Thompson, of Haverhill, Larissa Havey, of Amesbury and Emily Shal, of Amesbury, wanted to replicate the process.
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Texas A&M’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Celltex Therapeutics are teaming up to evaluate whether inflammation-fighting sacs that stem cells release could be used to treat Alzheimer’s.
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A new study about the impact of Fish Oil on Alzheimer’s is underway.
Researchers are concentrating on how the fish oil helps with brain blood flow and how it affects key proteins related to the development of Alzheimer’s, particularly amyloids.
“We’re focusing on a fish oil that we know helps improve blood flow and helps reduce cholesterol levels, to see if that helps beneficially change some of these markers,” s
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This makes sense, if Alzheimer’s is most prevalent in older people, one way to slow down the disease is to slow down your aging. Read up on this novel approach.
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With a pacemaker for your brain:
The device works very similar to a pacemaker that is used in heart patients, except the wires go to a specific section of the brain. The wires stimulate “sickish” cells in the brain and help to restore functionality.
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In a medical first, surgeons in the US implanted electrical wires into the frontal lobes of three people to stimulate their brain cells in the same way that a pacemaker regulates electrical activity in the heart.
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You may not be a professional caregiver but as family of the Alzheimer’s patient you will be confronted with caring for them and interacting with them before you know it. The article in the link for today gives some important basic principles and reminders to help you through the first period.
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Interesting, the video on the page in the link for today highlights life style changes while the words on the site talk about a new compound that has been found that could prevent Alzheimer’s. Both are interesting to read/watch.
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Good news, the drug industry is not giving up on Alzheimer’s drugs despite lack of results so far. Would it be greed or their passion to help? Who knows but it is good news.
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Research increasingly points to obesity and associated comorbidities as potential contributors to AD pathophysiology, suggesting that conditions such as prediabetes and diabetes, poor-quality diet, and a sedentary lifestyle may be modifiable risk factors.
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