Monoclonal Antibodies Provide Small Benefits in Alzheimer Disease
FRIDAY, Jan. 26, 2024 -- Monoclonal antibodies targeting amyloid provide small benefits on cognitive and functional scales, which do not meet the minimal clinically important difference, according to a review published in the January/February issue... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Naomi Feil, Who Promoted Empathy as a Response to Dementia, Dies at 91
She trained caregivers to “validate” the delusions of older people with dementia, rather than try to wrest them into the real world. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Feil, Naomi (1932-2023) Deaths (Obituaries) Dementia Alzheimer ' s Disease Empathy Elder Care Montefiore Home for the Aged Cleveland (Ohio) Source Type: news

Doctors discover bizarre visual symptoms are a telltale sign of Alzheimer's
An international team of researchers led by the University of California reported in the largest study of its kind that vision issues tied to a neurological disorder could be a sign of Alzheimer's. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A Blood Test for Alzheimer ’ s Disease Is Almost Here
As the world’s population ages, health experts are bracing for higher rates of age-related diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Finding new ways to diagnose the condition is more of a priority than ever, since new treatments work best earlier in the course of disease. But currently, the two primary ways to diagnose Alzheimer’s—PET imaging or a lumbar puncture—are either too expensive or invasive for most people, leaving too many cases undiagnosed. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In a study published in JAMA Neurology, researchers report on a promising, more accessible test usin...
Source: TIME: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Odd Vision Troubles Could Be Early Alzheimer's Sign
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 -- Strange visual disturbances occur early in about 10% of Alzheimer ' s cases, and when this happens it almost always signals the impending arrival of the disease, a new study finds. The condition is called posterior... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Proposed mechanisms of tau: relationships to traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, and epilepsy - Martin SP, Leeman-Markowski BA.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and epilepsy share proposed mechanisms of injury, including neuronal excitotoxicity, cascade signaling, and activation of protein biomarkers such as tau. Although tau is typically present intracellula... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Blood tests can diagnose Alzheimer ’s with ‘high accuracy’, study finds
A new study by a group of researchers at the University of Gothenburg found that blood tests are just as good as more expensive and painful methods of detecting signs of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease can be diagnosed by a simple blood test just as accurately as it can be done through painful…#jamaneurology #alzpath #spain #ucl (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Revolutionary' blood test that can spot Alzheimer's 15 YEARS before symptoms could be rolled out in the US THIS WEEK
Developers behind the revolutionary new blood test for Alzheimer's say it will be available in the US within days, and can be ordered by patients via their doctors. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Are we FINALLY close to solving the Alzheimer's puzzle? After decades of failures in quest to beat cruel disease, scientists now have drugs AND tests - amid warnings rates could spiral in the coming years
Patients in the UK must undergo a swathe of tests, including scans and a lumbar puncture, with some facing waits of up to four years for their Alzheimer's diagnosis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Unusual Visual Symptoms and Alzheimer's; Infections and Dementia; Head Trauma and MS
(MedPage Today) -- Posterior cortical atrophy -- a rare syndrome characterized by progressive visual impairment including constructional dyspraxia, space perception deficit, or simultagnosia -- presented as a young-onset dementia syndrome and... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - January 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Game-changing blood test that can spot Alzheimer's 15 YEARS before symptoms strike could be rolled out on the NHS in the next three years
Scientists in Sweden found the test was as accurate as the current gold standard for diagnosing the cruel, memory robbing condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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A new study suggests a simple blood test could help early detection of Alzheimer's, before a person knows they have it. Will advanced detection help? (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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A new study suggests a blood test could diagnose Alzheimer's disease with "high accuracy," which could one day be more accessible than current testing methods. CNN's Brian Todd has more. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blood test could revolutionise diagnosis of Alzheimer ’s, experts say
Study finds measuring levels of a protein could be just as good at detecting disease as lumbar puncturesA blood test for detecting Alzheimer ’s disease could be just as accurate as painful and invasive lumbar punctures and could revolutionise diagnosis of the condition, research suggests.Measuring levels of a protein called p-tau217 in the blood could be just as good as lumbar punctures at detecting the signs of Alzheimer ’s, and better than a range of other tests under development, experts say.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jamie Grierson and agencies Tags: Alzheimer's Medical research Society Science Health Source Type: news

Groundbreaking Alzheimer's blood test can spot cruel disease 15 YEARS before symptoms emerge: Scientists believe breakthrough might lead to a national screening programme for all over-50s
The commercially available test is more accurate than a lumbar puncture - and could be used to track Alzheimer's progression, according to the results of an eight-year trial. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news