The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Cincinnati Chapter is hosting a virtual Expert Series program in January to provide participants with actionable tools to help protect their brain health. The program, Expert Series: Strategies to Optimize Brain Health with Dr. Sigward, is being...
Basseterre, St. Kitts, Tuesday January 24, 2023 (ZIZ News) —The Alzheimer’s Association of St. Kitts and Nevis is joining with all other Alzheimer’s Associations in the Caribbean, and Alzheimer’s disease International (ADI) in the “What’s your Plan Campaign” this week. The...
Researchers have developed a test to detect a novel marker of Alzheimer’s disease neurodegeneration in a blood sample. A group of neuroscientists, led by University of Pittsburgh, US, have identified the biomarker, called “brain-derived tau”, or BD-tau, which outperforms current blood...
ST. LOUIS, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Christian Horizons, a leader in older adult living and support services, is proud to announce the appointment of his own Cathy Krewer, RNMS, vice president of clinical professional development, to the Global Review Panel...
In the three years since her husband, Jim, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Susan Sirois has had little reason to hope. But Susan Sirois, who lives with her husband in Berlin, said she recently received an optimistic phone call from a...
The experimental drug lecanemab shows “potential” as an Alzheimer’s disease treatment, according to new Phase 3 trial results, but the findings raise some safety concerns because of its association with certain serious adverse events. Lecanemab has become one of the first...
Share on PinterestA recent study suggests that higher levels of urinary formic acid may be a biomarker for Alzheimer’s-related dementia. Zaharia_Bogdan/Getty Images In a recent study, researchers in China recruited hundreds of participants with healthy cognition or dementia to study biomarkers...
When Andrew “Dale” Miller helped his mother navigate her final years, ravaged by Alzheimer’s disease, he was genuinely touched by the support he and his wife, Norma, received from the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado Springs. “The local Alzheimer’s group was fantastic,”...
United States health officials last week approved a new Alzheimer’s drug. The drug, called Leqembi, is the first to slow the decline in memory by several months. The Alzheimer’s Association describes Alzheimer’s as a brain disease that causes a decline in...
RALEIGH, NC — I have found that one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s and the best tool in the toolkit is that of letting go. At first it was hard. It took time, but I became adept at quickly letting go...