Category: Alzheimer’s Disease And Dementia
Alzheimer’s Drug
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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 …
Medicines and Dementia
Too Many Medicines
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Anchor lead: How often is someone with dementia overmedicated? Elizabeth Tracey reports Polypharmacy refers to someone taking a multitude of medicines, with a recent study demonstrating that in people with dementia, polypharmacy with drugs that affect the brain occurs in …
Metformin and Cognition
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Anchor lead: Can a diabetes drug help reduce Alzheimer’s risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Metformin is the first line medication for type 2 diabetes, and now an Australian study has shown that people taking it experience less Alzheimer’s disease compared to …
September 6, 2019 – Drop in Blood Pressure and Dementia
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Anchor lead: Paying attention to dropping blood pressure in later life is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure or hypertension have about a 50% increased risk for dementia as they age, a Johns Hopkins study by Keenan …
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