FDA CommissionerScott Gottlieb NEWS VIDEO + ARTICLE: 17 Alzheimer’s supplement manufacturers received FDA warnings about 58 illegal below-standard products.
OFF-LABEL: An approved prescription drug for high blood pressure is showing promise against Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and other forms of dementia, in experimental studies in the
HELPFUL MEDICATIONS:
Diabetes can increase Alzheimer’s risk. Learn how drug treatments for diabetes bring that risk back down.
HELP FROM THE PHARMACY: Study reveals patients need help managing drugs Community pharmacists could be used more to support patients and carers Assisting carers reduces
MEDICATIONS VIDEO + ARTICLE: Aspirin cleared some Alzheimer’s plaque in the lab. Plaque is the best-known culprit behind Alzheimer’s. Learn about this potential new role
F18 ALZHEIMER’S SCANS offer powerful diagnostic technology, enabling doctors to “see” Alzheimer’s plaque. At $3000 to $6000 per person, are they worth it?
MEMORY DRUGS for Alzheimer’s can slow heart rates and even trigger fainting. The risk is not always clear to patients. Learn how-and-when to consider side-effects,
MEDICINES: Alzheimer’s drugs are classified as “Cognitive Enhancers”. Learn why they are NOT for mild memory problems. Find out why prescribing them for Mild Cognitive
BREAKTHROUGH: FOR THE FIRST TIME in 18 years, the FDA approved a new Alzheimer’s drug. The new medication’s generic name is aducanumab and will be marketed under the brand name Aduhelm. Another first is the drug’s ability to potentially slow down Alzheimer’s, not just cover up its symptoms, as existing medications do. Find out more.
MEDICATION: New insights in using Alzheimer’s drugs for other memory problems shows why these medications are no simple memory patch.
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to a new study.
A University of California at Davis study examines how connection, through activities with horses, improves life with dementia.
Courage does not always roar.
Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.”
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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