{"id":11034,"date":"2018-07-26T11:11:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11034"},"modified":"2018-07-26T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:11:58","slug":"experimental-alzheimers-drug-significantly-slowed-patients-cognitive-decline-buoying-hopes-for-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11034","title":{"rendered":"Experimental Alzheimer\u2019s drug significantly slowed patients\u2019 cognitive decline, buoying hopes for treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Damian Garde for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">CHICAGO \u2014 An investigational\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/07\/05\/biogen-reports-positive-results-with-alzheimers-drug\/\">Alzheimer\u2019s drug<\/a>\u00a0significantly slowed patients\u2019 cognitive decline in a large clinical trial, unexpected and unprecedented results that could move the treatment\u2019s makers to roll the dice on an early approval. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/07\/25\/experimental-alzheimers-drug-biogen-eisai\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=64743677&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Yg6N-uVNVqXYFIIVW5tumSMrH7EspL_CX-MeRjfVqqFTBIeH2pL8vf_HREbQb8pjaXaZ45pR77QBzO8W6MVyVw83uKg&amp;_hsmi=64743677\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Damian Garde for STAT) CHICAGO \u2014 An investigational\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s drug\u00a0significantly slowed patients\u2019 cognitive decline in a large clinical trial, unexpected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11035,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11034\/revisions\/11035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}