Role of seizures in Alzheimer’s disease is gaining overdue attention
(By Lauren Aguirre for STAT) Scientists who study Alzheimer’s disease have mostly ignored the role of seizures, but that is
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Alzheimer’s/Dementia
Researchers Explore Why Women’s Alzheimer’s Risk Is Higher Than Men’s
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Scientists are beginning to understand why Alzheimer’s disease affects more women than men and why
Read MoreCommon Medications Can Masquerade As Dementia In Seniors
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) By all accounts the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe
Read MoreNew Markers For Alzheimer’s Disease Could Aid Diagnosis And Speed Up Drug Development
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Alzheimer’s disease begins altering the brain long before it affects memory and thinking. So scientists
Read MoreIn Secret, Seniors Discuss ‘Rational Suicide’
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Ten residents slipped away from their retirement community one Sunday afternoon for a
Read MoreAfter amyloid failures, it’s time to take a new tack for treating Alzheimer’s
(By Raymond J. Tesi for STAT) If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different
Read MoreResearchers Seek Sage Advice Of Elders On Aging Issues
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) CHICAGO — Rachel O’Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to
Read MoreWhen the ‘real thing’ becomes a mirage: How patients in Alzheimer’s trials are coping with the treatment’s failure
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The disheartening news came when Phil Gutis was already upset, crying to his husband because
Read MoreAlzheimer’s and amyloid: ‘It’s time to do something else’
If there is anything more certain than the failure of experimental Alzheimer’s drugs — nearly 300, at last count —
Read MoreBiogen halts studies of closely watched Alzheimer’s drug, a blow to hopes for new treatment
(By Adam Feuerstein for STAT) Alzheimer’s disease has beaten back another effort to tame it. Biogen and its Japanese pharma
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