One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. The disease is treatable, especially when caught early. But what is the impact of breast cancer later in life? A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher, in collaboration ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Trial results of a new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, donanemab, shows it can slow cognitive decline by 35%. The drug has been hailed as a "turning point" in Alzheimer's treatment.
Jul 19, 2023
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Some 80% of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person's memory and thinking abilities have started to decline, a new poll of people age 65 to 80 finds. And 60% think that health care ...
Jul 19, 2023
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The findings of the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) of its kind involving nearly 1,000 older adults from multiple locations across the U.S., published in The Lancet, add to the growing evidence that addressing hearing ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Today at the International Alzheimer's Congress (AAIC) in Amsterdam, new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease developed by clinicians and researchers from around the world were presented. In these criteria, the disease ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Technology is designed to make life easier and more efficient. People can autopay their bills, order food and download movies right on their phones or tablets. They can even ask a virtual assistant to do it all for them.
Jul 17, 2023
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With yet a third new Alzheimer's drug expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the field is beginning to show progress in the fight to slow the disease.
Jul 17, 2023
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For those fearing their memories are fading, the ads provide hope.
Jul 13, 2023
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An estimated 50 million individuals in the United States struggle with the challenges of cocaine or alcohol use disorders, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Beyond the well-documented health risks, addiction ...
Jul 7, 2023
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The US drug regulator gave full approval to a new Alzheimer's medicine on Thursday, a move that makes it more widely available to the public through government-run health insurance for the elderly.
Jul 7, 2023
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