Category Archives: Treatment

Alzheimer choir

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HERE is a great initiative!

“Once you get the diagnosis [of Alzheimer’s], you’re identified as either the patient or the caregiver. You start to feel less like spouses,” said Tom Allen, who takes a half-day of vacation on Wednesdays so he can attend the rehearsals at the MacPhail Center for Music in downtown Minneapolis. “In this environment, we’re husband and wife. This is one of the few things that we can still do as a couple. … We love this choir.”

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A reversal of brain damage caused by Alzheimer

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More news on the great trial from Biogen:

A new Alzheimer’s drug that reverses the damage the disease causes in patients’ brains could ‘change the landscape’ of future treatment, according to researchers.

It has already performed so well at early-stage trials involving people living with the disease in the United States that scientists are now in talks aimed at leapfrogging the usual second stage and fast-tracking it for larger trials.

Pharmaceutical firm Biogen, which developed the drug, called aduncanumab, wants to recruit at least 1,000 patients for tests by the end of the year.

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Great News, another drug seems to work to fight alzheimer!

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An experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease sharply slowed the decline in mental function in a small clinical trial, researchers reported Friday, reviving hopes for an approach to therapy that until now has experienced repeated failures.

The drug, being developed by Biogen Idec, could achieve sales of billions of dollars a year if the results from the small trial are replicated in larger trials that Biogen said it hoped to begin this year. Experts say that there are no really good drugs now to treat Alzheimer’s.

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Alzheimer research with Dogs

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“Several studies have shown amazing improvements in the memory and learning of older dogs by feeding them a diet rich in antioxidants— mainly fruits and vegetables. And they’ve also seen an improvement in the learning behavior improved with plenty of exercise, mental stimulation, and lots of socialization with other dogs. So just like with humans, we can be proactive about helping our aging pets through diet and exercise.”

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