Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) had investors more than a little concerned in 2019. The company's efforts to win approval for its highly anticipated Alzheimer's medication, aducanumab, were met by ongoing regulatory snags, forcing the company to terminate and...
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The death of a spouse often means the loss of intimacy, companionship and everyday support for older adults. A new study finds that widowhood can have another profound effect: It may accelerate cognitive decline. Investigators from Brigham and...
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The family wants to simplify an elderly man's medication regimen, but is it the right time to discontinue his Alzheimer's disease treatments? Medscape Family Medicine
Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke, which are often chronic diseases. And it is also for Alzheimer’s disease, in which blacks have two times...
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Barbara “B.” Smith, one of the nation’s top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age 70 after battling early onset Alzheimer’s...
Those with cancer can choose death with dignity in California. Alzheimer's patients can't.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2020 -- A proposed project to map the genes of 1 million people in New York living with or at risk for Alzheimer disease was announced Friday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
He said the five years of data collected by the Curing Alzheimer's...
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While many of us worry about proteins aggregating in our brains as we age and potentially causing Alzheimer's disease or other types of neurodegeneration, we may not realize that some of the same proteins are aggregating in our muscles, setting us...
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Few studies have examined how the neighborhood's physical environment relates to cognition in older adults. Researchers categorized 4,716 individuals by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype -- a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) to...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Alzheimer's Gene Mapping Project Proposed in New York State
A proposed project to map the genes of 1 million people in New York living with or...
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MD Anderson announces a strategic research collaboration with Denali Therapeutics to develop new targeted therapies for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Testing for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is hardly foolproof, and could even backfire.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2020 -- Rising drug costs are hampering the care of patients with debilitating neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's, a new study finds.
Patients are less likely to fill necessary prescriptions as...
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Few studies have examined how the neighborhood's physical environment relates to cognition in older adults. Researchers categorized 4,716 individuals by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype - a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) to...
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Alzheimer's is an incurable neurological disease that affects millions. Could pulsed light help treat it?
It seems too good to be true: a single drug that could treat humanity's worst afflictions, including atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and arthritis. All of these diseases have one thing in common—they involve an inflammatory...
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Few studies have examined how the neighborhood's physical environment relates to cognition in older adults. Researchers categorized 4,716 individuals by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype - a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) to...
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Latinos have a high risk for dementia-related disorders, but we still know too little about brain aging in this diverse population.
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Oxidative stress affects all living organisms, and the damage it causes is believed to play a part in cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and a number of other health conditions. Some animals have developed remarkable, even radical strategies for...
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With the support of a recent $3 million grant renewal from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), Mariana Figueiro is perfecting a treatment she developed for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias that helps to regulate sleep...