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FILE - This Oct. 7, 2003 file photo shows a closeup of a human brain affected by Alzheimer's disease, on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 - and the next question is how much difference that might make in people’s lives. Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work, a badly needed bright spot after repeated disappointments in the quest for better Alzheimer’s treatments. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Drug Slows Alzheimer’s But Can It Make A Real Difference?

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening — but the anxiously awaited new data leaves unclear how much difference that might make in people’s lives. …

AP 30 November 2022

An Alzheimer's patient rests on a bench after a walk at the Village Landais Alzheimer site in Dax, France, September 24, 2020. Picture taken on September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Alzheimer's Drug Study Yields Positive Results, Say Makers Eisai and Biogen

An experimental Alzheimer's drug made by Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen slowed cognitive and functional decline in a large trial of patients in the early stages of the disease, they said on Tuesday,…

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease. But multimodal therapies could be the best way to treat it.(TNS)

The key to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease May Not Be a Drug

My personal journey with Alzheimer’s began in 2005 when my wife, Valerie, received her diagnosis with this terrible disease, one that robs the afflicted of their minds and forces family and friends…

Leroy Hood 23 June 2021

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