Treatment with Alzheon‘s oral candidate ALZ-801 (valiltramiprosate) lowered levels of a key biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease — and led to significant memory improvements in people with the neurodegenerative disorder. That’s according to data from a six-month interim analysis of an ongoing Phase 2 biomarker…

Residents in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas will be among the first to have access to a minimally invasive diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease. The DISCERN test, by SYNAPS Dx (SDx), will be commercially launched in Texas because of the state’s relatively high number of people…

Repeated dosing of ACD856, an investigational therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, was generally safe and well tolerated in healthy adult volunteers, according to data from a now-completed Phase 1 trial. AlzeCure Pharma is developing ACD856 as its lead therapeutic candidate in the company’s NeuroRestore platform, which contains investigational therapies for…

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) — treatment in which patients are given pure oxygen — prevented the biological processes responsible for the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model, a study found. Moreover, in a group of older people with memory loss, such oxygen therapy enhanced blood flow in…

Limiting air pollution may slow cognitive decline and lower the risk of dementia for older women, according to three analyses involving more than 2,000 women, ages 74 to 92, living across the U.S. “We’ve known for some time that air pollution is bad for our brains and overall health, including…

Dietary supplements with the amino acid L-serine may help reduce memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.  That result was described in the study “Impairment of Glycolysis-Derived L-Serine…

Biohaven announced that its Phase 2/3 study of the investigational oral therapy troriluzole (BHV-4157) in treating symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has fully enrolled more than 700 patients. The T2 Protect AD trial will assess if troriluzole use can protect against or slow…

An experimental vaccine targeting the toxic form of tau protein reduced cellular tangles in the brain — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s — and eased behavioral and motor defects in a mouse model of the disease, a study showed. By generating high levels of anti-tau antibodies, this vaccine…

NeuroEM Therapeutics‘s MemorEMTM — a head-worn device that uses electromagnetic waves — has shown promising results in a preliminary clinical trial of people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Seven of eight participants demonstrated improved memory after two months of treatment. The results, “A Clinical Trial of Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment…

This week, pet lovers across the United States celebrated National Dog Day to bring awareness to the thousands of dogs that need rescuing. My golden retriever is celebrated every day. A last act of love Jack isn’t an official service dog, but he is a helper to my…