{"id":18141,"date":"2021-05-11T09:08:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:08:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:08:33","slug":"alzheimers-disease-has-four-distinct-subtypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18141","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer&#8217;s disease has four distinct subtypes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have found that Alzheimer\u2019s disease has four distinct subtypes based on brain scan images. The researchers\u2019 findings could help develop more effective treatments for this disease by carefully targeted clinical trials by separating patients by subtype. Dennis Dickson, a neuropathologist at the Mayo Clinic, said, \u201cThis is an important paper that moves the field forward and suggests that we should not think of Alzheimer\u2019s disease as one disease that starts in a given location and progresses in a stereotypic fashion.\u201d Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carolineseydel\/2021\/05\/10\/alzheimers-disease-has-4-distinct-subtypes-brain-imaging-study-shows\/?sh=2e5a5ba52e0e\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have found that Alzheimer\u2019s disease has four distinct subtypes based on brain scan images. The researchers\u2019 findings could help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18141","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=18141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18142,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18141\/revisions\/18142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}