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May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

#AANAM – Memantine as Add-on Therapy Seen to Ease Psychosis, Other Advanced Alzheimer’s Symptoms

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Adding memantine to a cholinesterase inhibitor can significantly ease certain neuropsychiatric symptoms, including psychosis and troubling motor or nighttime behavior, in people with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer’s disease, according to pooled ... Read more

May 1, 2019

PALS Uplifts the Spirits of Rare-Disease Patients by Offering Free Flights

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Cumbersome security procedures, rising airfares, and shrinking legroom have made commercial air travel difficult enough these days — even for healthy passengers. Imagine how much harder it is for ... Read more

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

Long-term Treatment with Thiazide Diuretics May Lower Risk of Bone, Hip Fractures, Study Suggests

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Long-term use of thiazide diuretics — a hypertension medication — may lower the risk of bone fractures, particularly hip fractures, in people with Alzheimer’s, a disease with a high ... Read more

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019

Simple Blood Test May Become Useful Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Progression and Treatment Response, Study Suggests

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Blood levels of a nerve cell-derived component, known as neurofilament light chain, could be used as a biomarker of disease severity and treatment response in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, ... Read more

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019

Researchers Create Human-like Antibody for Treatment of Alzheimer’s, PSP

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Tau bio-logic and LifeArc researchers have generated a human-like antibody called TBL-100 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). An antibody is a large Y-shaped ... Read more

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

New Model of Blood-Brain Barrier May Aid in Predicting Therapies Able to Best Treat Patients, Scientists Say

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A cellular model that simulates the blood-brain barrier — a membrane that protects against viruses or other insults entering through the blood stream — may help in understanding how potential ... Read more

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

Cognitive Training Improves Reasoning and Memory in Adults with Mild Impairment, Pilot Study Finds

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Cognitive training alone — without the use of direct brain stimulation — may significantly benefit adults with mild cognitive impairment, a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, a pilot ... Read more

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Anti-Inflammatory Naproxen Fails to Prevent Alzheimer’s Progression, Phase 2 Trial Confirms

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Treatment with naproxen, an anti-inflammatory medication, failed to prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s in individuals at risk of developing the disease, results from a Phase 2 clinical trial show. ... Read more

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

Toll of Family Caregiving on Health is Much Smaller Than Previously Reported, Study Suggests

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While caregiving for people with Alzheimer’s and other disorders has a significant detrimental impact on caregivers’ immune system, the association is weak — less than 1% — and may ... Read more

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

New Research Unit at England’s University of East Anglia to Study Possible Link Between Sleep and Dementia

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To enable researchers to study prospective links between sleep and dementia, a cutting-edge sleep unit has opened at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England. While sleeping issues ... Read more

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