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Anchor lead: A trial called Finger took a comprehensive approach to slowing down Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Employing physical and mental activity, social interaction and nutritional intervention failed to appreciably slow down development of Alzheimer’s disease, a trial called …
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Anchor lead: Can a multifaceted approach delay Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Can memory decline and the development of Alzheimer’s disease be slowed down by a global approach to risk factors? That was the hope of the FINGER trial, recently …
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Anchor lead: Can another approach avoid use of antipsychotic medicines in people with Alzheimer’s? Elizabeth Tracey reports The acronym DICE describes a new approach developed by Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, to assist clinicians …
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Anchor lead: Recent federal data reveal that use of a class of medications to control behavior in people with Alzheimer’s disease just keeps going up, Elizabeth Tracey reports Atypical antipsychotics are a class of medications sometimes used to keep behavior …
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Anchor lead: Can a program to help caregivers reduce the stress of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Mind at Home is a program developed by Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, …
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Anchor lead: Do we finally have a laboratory model for Alzheimer’s disease that is practical? Elizabeth Tracey reports Researchers have succeeded in developing a human model for Alzheimer’s disease by growing layers of nerve cells in a dish and having …
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This week’s topics include new hip and knee prostheses, cannabis use in adolescents, questionable use of medicines in people with dementia, and aspirin to prevent preeclampsia. Program notes: 0:35 Cannabis use in teenagers 1:35 Frequency of use before age 17 …
