MeSH tree: D12.776.220.600.450
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder that is the leading cause of dementia, and it involves cognitive decline, memory loss, and ultimately the inability to perform daily tasks.
Jun 20, 2024
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It's welcome news for Alzheimer's patients and their families: A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously recommended approval for Eli Lilly & Co.'s treatment donanemab. If given the agency's green light later ...
Jun 17, 2024
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Some people seem to be more resilient to developing Alzheimer's disease, despite having the biological hallmarks of the devastating disease. For obvious reasons, scientists are very interested in studying this special group ...
Jun 14, 2024
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An independent panel of US medical experts voted Monday to recommend Eli Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's drug, meaning there could soon be another treatment option available to patients with the devastating brain disorder.
Jun 11, 2024
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a method to gauge Alzheimer's disease severity by analyzing the patterns of tau pathology in brain scans. The findings could lead to a way ...
May 15, 2024
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Stressful life events, such as the death of a loved one or divorce, put a person at greater risk of developing dementia in later life, a recent study has found. But only if the stressful event happened in childhood or midlife.
May 13, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how herpes viruses hijack cellular transport processes to infiltrate the nervous system, as described in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
May 10, 2024
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Pick's disease, a neurodegenerative disease of unknown genetic origin, is a rare type of frontotemporal dementia that affects people under the age of 65. The condition causes changes in personality, behavior and sometimes ...
Apr 24, 2024
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Repeated exposure to explosive blasts has the potential to cause brain injuries, but there is currently no diagnostic test for these injuries. In a study of 30 active-duty United States SOF personnel, researchers found that ...
Apr 22, 2024
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A spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) are due to the accumulation of abnormal, misfolded tau proteins in ...
Apr 4, 2024
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