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Nottingham Trent University’s Sarah Curtis discusses things to look out for in speech and language that could help detect Alzheimer’s disease.
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Can nasal spray keep Alzheimer’s at bay?
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The experimental treatment is part of a larger effort to find new ways to interrupt the cascade of events in the brain that lead to Alzheimer’s dementia.
Two drugs now on the market clear the brain of sticky amyloid plaques, clumps of toxic protein that accumulate between neurons. Other experimental drugs have targeted the tau tangles, a different protein that builds up inside nerve cells.
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Potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, other neurodegenerative conditions
Investigators at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center have identified a new and promising drug to treat AD.
The drug—and their approach by identifying a new target in the brain—showed promising results in mouse models of AD. Their findings were reported in a study published May 21 in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
“Our findings suggest an effective new way to safely prevent neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease by directly protecting the blood-brain barrier (BBB),” said the study’s co-lead researcher Andrew Pieper, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, the Case Western Reserve University Rebecca E. Barchas MD DLFAPA University Professor of Translational Psychiatry and the Morley-Mather Chair of Neuropsychiatry at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
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‘triangle test’ caught early signs of Alzheimer’s 12 years before people were diagnosed
How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia: 5 Expert Tips
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- Stay social.
- Set up a caregiving team.
- Seek help from an expert.
- Consider technology that can help monitor your loved one.
- Take care of yourself.
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What if Alzheimer’s is triggered by viruses?
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Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 30 million people around the world and there is no cure. For decades, research on the neurological condition has been focused on proteins known as amyloid and tau, which build up in the brains of people and prevent neurons from functioning properly. But treatments that focus on flushing those proteins out of the brain have so far proved underwhelming. A growing number of scientists, however, have a radical alternative theory. What if a virus is to blame? What if infections are the triggers that cause the build-up of amyloid and tau in the first place?
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