{"id":23041,"date":"2024-07-03T12:49:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23041"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:49:47","slug":"fda-approves-a-second-alzheimers-drug-that-can-modestly-slow-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23041","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves a second Alzheimer&#8217;s drug that can modestly slow disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By\u00a0The Associated Press NPR July 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer\u2019s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/02\/g-s1-7930\/fda-approves-alzheimers-drug\"> Here&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"97\" class=\"wp-image-7919\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg 2153w, 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: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0The Associated Press NPR July 2, 2024 WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer\u2019s drug that can modestly slow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,31,12,15],"tags":[1338,76,65,94],"class_list":["post-23041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-fda","category-health-care-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-amacfoundation","tag-fda","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23041","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23042,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23041\/revisions\/23042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}