Alzheimer's Risk Higher If Mom Had Memory Problems Maternal history of memory impairment tied to higher amyloid burden Jun 17, 2024
Alzheimer's May Be Improved by Intensive Lifestyle Changes In small trial led by Dean Ornish, MD, Alzheimer's patients show better scores on cognitive tests Jun 11, 2024
Tetanus Shots and Parkinson's; Predicting Future Dementia; Cognition-Depression Link News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jun 11, 2024
Unanimous Thumbs-Up From FDA Advisors for Alzheimer's Drug Advisory committee decision smooths the way for eventual FDA approval Jun 10, 2024
FDA Reviewers Question Patient Selection for Alzheimer's Drug Candidate Agency's advisors will discuss efficacy, safety of investigational donanemab Jun 06, 2024
Duchenne Drug Fails Confirmatory Trial; COVID Brain Changes; First-Seizure Clinics News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 28, 2024
Withdrawing Life Support; Social Mobility and Dementia; Bilateral Focused Ultrasound News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 21, 2024
Dementia and Terminal Lucidity; Neuropathy After COVID; FDA Sets Donanemab Meeting News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 07, 2024
Alzheimer's Variant May Cause Distinct Form of the Disease Almost all APOE4 homozygotes develop Alzheimer's disease May 06, 2024
Alzheimer's Biomarkers Linked With Plasma Leptin Levels Over 2 years, lower baseline leptin was tied to a greater increase in tau May 03, 2024
Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 30, 2024
Alzheimer's Drug Skepticism; Safeguarding Brain Data; Benefits of Stimulating Jobs News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 23, 2024
Antipsychotics in Dementia Tied to Wider Range of 'Serious Harms' Steepest increases in risk observed for pneumonia, kidney injury, VTE, and stroke Apr 17, 2024
Alzheimer's Agitation Relapse Delayed With Dextromethorphan-Bupropion Data suggest clinical response with few adverse effects for patients Apr 17, 2024
It's the First Drug Shown to Slow Alzheimer's. Why Is It Off to a Slow Start? Limited impact, possible side effects, lack of delivery systems, insurance denials all in the way Apr 15, 2024
Botulism After 'Botox'? NEJM Ignored Nazi Atrocities; Jungle Jack's Alzheimer's Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Apr 08, 2024
Is Alzheimer's Transmissible Through Bone Marrow Cells? Mouse experiment suggests it may be, but what that means for humans isn't clear Mar 29, 2024
Why Alzheimer's Drug Approval Delay? $3 Billion in DMD Gene Therapy; ADHD Prevalence News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Mar 26, 2024
Trump Avoids Talk of Father's Alzheimer’s; Teens Smell Like Goats; AI Drugs a Bust? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 22, 2024
Epstein-Barr and MS; When Lewy Pathology Starts; Alzheimer's Blood Test Assessed News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Mar 19, 2024
Quest Alzheimer's Blood Test No Longer Marketed Directly to Patients Amyloid AD-Detect test not offered on Quest's consumer platform Mar 12, 2024
Viagra and Alzheimer's; Migraine Consensus Statement; FDA Updates Drug Guidance News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Mar 12, 2024
Trump-Obama Doc's Bad Behavior; Alzheimer's Drug Delayed; Death After Testicle Kick Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 08, 2024
Lucid Moments in Late Dementia; Seizure Dogs and Epilepsy; Wildfire Smoke Effects News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Mar 05, 2024
Blood-Based Biomarkers to Help Screen, Diagnose Alzheimer's Uncertainty about biomarkers in clinical use remains Feb 28, 2024
Leaky Blood Vessels and Long COVID; BCG Vaccine and Alzheimer's; New CTE Subtype News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 27, 2024
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Alzheimer's Supplements Fail Compared With Generic Drugs Prescription galantamine drugs were labeled accurately, but dietary supplements were not Feb 23, 2024
Alzheimer's Biomarkers Show Specific Changes 20 Years Before Diagnosis CSF and imaging markers changed in a temporal sequence Feb 21, 2024
Herpes-Dementia Link; How COVID Affects the Brain; FDA to Decide on Duchenne Drug News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 20, 2024
When Does Brain Death Occur? Parkinson's-Paraquat Links; AI Boosts ARIA Detection News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 13, 2024
Dementia Predicted 10 Years Before Diagnosis Blood proteins identified those at risk for all-cause, Alzheimer's, or vascular dementia Feb 12, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Tied to Less Alzheimer's Risk Large U.K. study tracked health records of 270,000 men Feb 07, 2024
Greco-Roman Dementia; Prion Disease Vigilance; ChatGPT and Alzheimer's News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 06, 2024
Even With Alzheimer's Pathology, Healthy Lifestyles May Preserve Cognition More data support the idea of "cognitive reserve" Feb 05, 2024
Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Abandoned Biogen will stop developing and selling aducanumab Jan 31, 2024
GLP-1 Drugs Tame Brain Inflammation; Novel Painkiller Succeeds; Headache as Metaphor News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscienc Jan 30, 2024
Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure Jan 29, 2024
Unusual Visual Symptoms and Alzheimer's; Infections and Dementia; Head Trauma and MS News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 23, 2024
Alzheimer's Blood Test Shows High Diagnostic Accuracy Commercial ptau-217 assay reduced confirmatory testing by about 80% Jan 22, 2024