Alzheimer Disease

August 10, 2020

Video

A team of researchers have added 3 new modifiable risk factors to a list of 9 known factors that increase the risk of developing dementia.

August 10, 2020

Video

An expert in Alzheimer disease describes some of the struggles dementia patients might be going through during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 07, 2020

Article

Investigators found a 22% reduction in clinical decline at the 78-week cutoff in the intent to treat population in EMERGE who received high-dose aducanumab, with a similar reduction seen in the opportunity to complete population.

July 31, 2020

Article

Three studies presented during the AAIC 2020 annual meeting show how frequent influenza vaccination help promote a gene-dependent reduction of Alzheimer disease by up to 40%.

July 24, 2020

Article

As of February, 121 unique therapies are involved in clinical trials for Alzheimer disease, with putative disease-modifying agents targeting disease onset or progression accounting for the largest number.

July 08, 2020

Article

Those who received the agent in EMERGE reported a significant slowing of decline on measures of cognition and function such as memory, orientation, and language, as well as for activities of daily living.

June 27, 2020

Article

Those with ≥150 min per week in moderated or vigorous activities were low risk while those with less than 150 or sedentary activity were higher risk.

May 29, 2020

Article

The tau tracer can support a pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer disease by identifying the underlying presence of NFTs at the B3 level.

May 28, 2020

Article

The new technology has applications for diagnosis and recruitment for disease-modifying trials.

May 14, 2020

Article

Despite patients being off treatment for an average of 23 months, patients treated with Eisai’s BAN2401 remained amyloid PET negative in an open-label extension preliminary analysis.