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Aduhelm is the proprietary name for aducanumab, a just approved medication for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Caleb Alexander, an internal medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, sat on the FDA review board for this medicine and explains why he voted no …

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The longer someone has had diabetes the greater the chance they’ll develop dementia, a recent study of thousands over 30 years of follow up has shown. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, says while associations between diabetes and …

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Anchor lead: Are new drug trial results meaningful in Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports A new drug that clears something called amyloid from the brain may delay progression of Alzheimer’s disease, recently released data indicate. Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease …

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