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Take Your Blood Pressure Meds. It May Reduce Your Alzheimer’s Risk.
January 15, 2020
Here’s another reason to take your blood pressure medications: Keeping your blood pressure in check in middle age may reduce…
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Drug Company to Pursue Approval of Aducanumab, New Drug for Alzheimer’s
January 15, 2020
The drug company Biogen is seeking approval for an experimental drug called aducanumab for treating people in the early stages…
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Drugs May Not Be the Best Choice for Easing the Agitation of Alzheimer’s
November 11, 2019
Massage, touch therapy, exercise, music therapy and other non-drug treatments can be an effective way to reduce aggression and agitation…
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Alzheimer’s Drug May Lead to Life-Threatening Muscle Disease
October 2, 2019
Many people with Alzheimer’s disease take the drug donepezil (brand name Aricept) to help ease symptoms for a time. But…
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Opioid Painkillers Increase Pneumonia Risk in People With Alzheimer’s Disease
August 20, 2019
People with Alzheimer’s disease who are treated with opioid painkillers are at increased risk of developing pneumonia. The risk was…
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Drug Companies Halt Trials of Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s Disease
July 2, 2019
The drug makers Biogen and Eisai have decided to abandon late-stage testing of a promising new drug for Alzheimer’s disease,…
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Diabetes Treatments May Help Ward Off Alzheimer’s Disease
June 6, 2019
People with Type 2 diabetes should be treated promptly for their disease, which will not only help to manage their…
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Can Mushrooms Help Your Memory?
June 5, 2019
Eating mushrooms may be good for your brain. A study found that older men and women who ate mushrooms as…
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Buyer Beware: Dietary Supplement’s Won’t Cure Alzheimer’s Disease
February 28, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on makers of dietary supplements that claim to cure Alzheimer’s disease and…
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Experimental Drug, Fails to Benefit Alzheimer’s Patients
October 11, 2018
In a rigorous late-stage trial, an experimental drug called verubecestat failed to improve memory and thinking skills or slow the…
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New Drug Shows Promise for Alzheimer’s
September 18, 2018
A new drug showed promise in both reducing the plaques that build up in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s…
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Pain Relievers Present Special Hazards in People With Alzheimer’s Disease
September 5, 2018
People with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia were especially likely to suffer from harmful side effects from commonly…
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