Dementia News - ScienceDaily
WEB2 days ago · Read the latest medical research on dementia. Causes, symptoms, lowering the risks, care, medications and new treatments for dementia.
Lifestyle changes may slow or improve Alzheimer’s and dementia ... - CNN
WEBJun 7, 2024 · Ten people saw their cognition actually improve, while a blood test found levels of amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, were retreating, said lead study author Dr. Dean Ornish, a ...
HHS Releases National Plan Update Marking Year of Progress on …
WEBDec 12, 2023 · The National Plan is a roadmap of strategies and actions of how HHS and its partners can accelerate research, expand treatments, improve care, support people living with dementia and their caregivers, and encourage action to reduce risk factors.
New Drug Approved for Early Alzheimer’s - The New York Times
WEBJul 2, 2024 · The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, the latest in a novel class of treatments that has been greeted with hope, disappointment and...
New Treatment Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease Signs
WEBDec 20, 2023 · PHILADELPHIA – A “chaperone” molecule that slows the formation of certain proteins reversed disease signs, including memory impairment, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Alzheimer's drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough - BBC
WEBNov 30, 2022 · The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer's - the most common form of dementia - is possible. Yet the medicine, lecanemab, has only a...
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia provides new hopeful evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care.
FDA fully approves Leqembi, first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's ...
WEBJul 6, 2023 · Andrew Harnik/AP. The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer's disease. The action means that Leqembi, whose generic name is lecanemab, should...
House Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Dementia …
WEB3 days ago · House Unanimously Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Dementia Public Health Infrastructure. Washington, D.C., September 17, 2024 — Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7218 / S. 3775), legislation championed by …
Start of new era for Alzheimer’s treatment — Harvard Gazette
WEBJun 5, 2023 · Researchers say we appear to be at the start of a new era for Alzheimer’s treatment. Trial results published in January showed that for the first time a drug has been able to slow the cognitive decline characteristic of the disease. The drug, lecanemab, is a monoclonal antibody that works by binding to a key protein linked to the malady ...