{"id":24442,"date":"2025-05-30T08:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24442"},"modified":"2025-05-30T08:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:53:34","slug":"can-this-nasal-spray-slow-down-alzheimers-one-couple-is-helping-scientists-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24442","title":{"rendered":"Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer&#8217;s? One couple is helping scientists find out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Walsh, 79, is waiting to inhale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s perched on a tan recliner at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital in Boston. His wife, Karen Walsh, hovers over him, ready to depress the plunger on a nasal spray applicator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One, two, three,&#8221; a nurse counts. The plunger plunges, Walsh sniffs, and it&#8217;s done.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/05\/30\/nx-s1-5407860\/alzheimers-nasal-spray-experimental-treatment\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/05\/30\/nx-s1-5407860\/alzheimers-nasal-spray-experimental-treatment\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width:143px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\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 Jon Hamilton for NPR) Joe Walsh, 79, is waiting to inhale. He&#8217;s perched on a tan recliner at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14,15],"tags":[252,1785,94],"class_list":["post-24442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-medical-technology","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-alzheimers-treatment","tag-nasal-spray","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24442","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=24442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24443,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24442\/revisions\/24443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}