Etiket: Alzheimers
Edith knows she will get Alzheimer’s: ‘Every two weeks to London for medicines’ | Healthy
Due to a genetic abnormality, Edith Block (52) from Haarlem lost many family members to Alzheimer’s. She herself also has the Alzheimer’s gene and thought she would not make it…
Alzheimer’s medicine gives patients hope: ‘Maybe I can think about my retirement’ | Healthy
Due to a genetic abnormality, Edith Block (52) from Haarlem lost many family members to Alzheimer’s. She herself also has the Alzheimer’s gene and thought she would not make it…
New drug slightly slows down the course of Alzheimer’s disease
A new drug, donanemab, slows down the course of Alzheimer’s disease slightly. The results were presented in a grand manner on Monday at an international Alzheimer’s congress in Amsterdam. It…
VUB neurologist advocates affordable Alzheimer’s medicine, now that new treatment can cost around 25,000 euros per year | Interior
VUB neurologist Sebastiaan Engelborghs advocates making the latest Alzheimer’s drug Lecanemab affordable for everyone. “We run the risk of a two-track policy: the patient who can afford it will be…
The power of music at the center of Alzheimer’s Day
Everyone knows it. A song that takes you back to your childhood or that sultry summer with the first kiss. Music has a wonderful effect on our brain, also in…
Early Alzheimer’s, deep darkness, article by Josep Maria Fonalleras
I wrote it a week ago Beatriz Perez in a report, in these same pages, about the early alzheimer: “There is, perhaps, something harder than suffering it: being aware of…
CKD, the disease that has grown the most after Alzheimer’s and that takes a long time to show symptoms?
04/11/2023 at 03:45 CEST Patients with diabetes or heart failure are at increased risk of kidney disease, which by 2040 will become one of the top five causes of death…
Alzheimer’s at 19: How is it possible? Symptoms, causes and treatments
L‘Alzheimer’s is the disease that has always been associated with old age, and in any case never before had a case presented on such a young patient. The news is…
New Alzheimer’s medicine is still a sop but gives hope
A new drug against Alzheimer’s was approved in the US in January. The news was received with cheers there, because there are no good medicines against it. But this remedy…
Do intestinal bacteria play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s? Research UGent will provide new insights
Scientists will investigate whether and how intestinal bacteria can explain the onset and course of Alzheimer’s disease. The focus will be on the role of extracellular vesicles, tiny particles that…