How Safe Are Drugs Like Xanax in Dementia?
Dementia is most widely associated with its cognitive symptoms, like memory loss. But it often brings a host of behavioral symptoms, too, like agitation…
Dementia is most widely associated with its cognitive symptoms, like memory loss. But it often brings a host of behavioral symptoms, too, like agitation…
Dementia is most widely associated with its cognitive symptoms, like memory loss. But it often brings a host of behavioral symptoms, too, like agitation…
Alzheimer’s disease affects one in every three people over the age of 85, and the scale of the epidemic is only worsening. While there…
As many as half of people who develop Alzheimer’s dementia experience the symptom of agitation, which can lead to behaviors like pacing, restlessness, and…
Because there is no cure for Alzheimer’s and 99 percent of Alzheimer’s drugs in drug trials fail, those at risk for Alzheimer’s — for…
Decades are a significant marker of life’s passage. Ages 10-20 see someone grow from a child all the way through teenagehood into being an…
On Monday, revealed that a phase 3 study of brexpiprazole — brand name Rexulti — in Alzheimer’s patients showed that the drug for major…
The FDA approves a new, transdermal form of donepezil called Adlarity, a skin patch for treating Alzheimer’s symptoms. Experts say it could be easier…
Image: Aduhelm, Biogen/AP. “The approach I’ve been taking is that each decision about whether or not to offer this as a treatment has to…
Acadia Pharmaceuticals said today that it has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its supplemental New…
This weekend, Eli Lilly and Company presented detailed results of its phase 2 TRAILBLAZER-ALZ trial, showing that its investigational drug donanemab — monoclonal antibody…
Roughly 2.4 million Americans experience symptoms of dementia-related psychosis, ranging from visual and auditory hallucinations, to paranoid delusions and mistrust of loved ones. While…
Some drug developers have put stock in the cholinergic hypothesis, developing a type of medication known as cholinesterase inhibitors. While Alzheimer’s still has no…
Here’s the surprising truth about brain health: there is a lot you can do. If your brain was like a bicep, you may exercise…
Dr. Francisco Lopera was a young medical resident in Antioquia, Colombia when he encountered his first familial Alzheimer’s patient in the mid 1980s. The…