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Judge Ends Shortage of Namenda-IR for Alzheimer’s

December 21, 2014 No Comments

Regular Namenda for Alzheimer’s has been in short supply. A federal judge has stepped in to fix that. Find out how.

Namenda Sued for “Forced Switch” of Alzheimer’s Drug

September 21, 2014 1 Comment

VIDEO+ARTICLE: Namenda® is a drug widely used to treat mid-stage Alzheimer’s. The government is suing Namenda’s manufacturer to stop them from discontinuing their current formulation.

Patent Expiration May Trigger Namenda Shortage

September 7, 2014 8 Comments

Namenda is the most widely prescribed medication for mid-stage Alzheimer’s. Some of our readers have had trouble filling their Namenda prescriptions. Here’s the latest update

Successful Bathing with Dementia

August 22, 2025

Refusal to bathe is common in people with dementia. Here are a dozen simple techniques to make bathing easier.

Telling L.A.T.E. Dementia & Alzheimer’s Apart

August 20, 2025

L.A.T.E.-Dementia is under-recognized, with a health impact as large as Alzheimer’s in very old people. It affects 25% of people over 85 and has nothing to do with the plaques and tangles that cause Alzheimer’s.

Sleep Works Around Alzheimer’s

August 19, 2025

At Washington University, extra sleep reinforced connections between brain cells that encode memories. Past studies linked extra sleep to boosting memory. This study links extra sleep to the repair of damaged memory systems.

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Big Cup, Little Man: Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s

SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.

85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

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?

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

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?