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STROKE — Risk Factors, Complications & Treatment 

A stroke happens every 40 seconds and is the leading cause of death in the United States. With these stunning statistics in mind, and the awareness that stroke is the primary cause of vascular dementia, we started our exploration of the topic last week. In our last post we defined stroke and discussed the causes and symptoms. Today we will explore the risk factors, complications and prevention. 

STROKE — One of the Leading Causes of Dementia 

On a previous blog post we laid out one of the main types of dementia, Vascular Dementia, caused by stroke, current estimates claim that 15 to 20% of all dementia cases are in the vascular dementia category. With that in mind, we thought it was a good idea to explore exactly what a stroke is, the causes and symptoms. In a future post, we will explore risk factors, prevention and treatment.   

FDA Updates Alzheimer’s Drug Testing Standards

In February 2018 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a giant leap in modernizing its approach to its evaluation for new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurologic disease. This is welcome news to researchers who are searching for medications to treat these conditions. For many years, the standard for a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease has focused on generating evidence that...

The Importance of Biomarkers in Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease 

Back in July we reported that the Bill Gates had launched a new fund to support Alzheimer’s research called Diagnostic Accelerator. The project is a part of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) aims to accelerate bold new ideas for earlier and better diagnosis of the disease.  This is important for will contests, since an accurate diagnosis sometimes forms the basis of litigation in challenging a will. 

New Study Links Connection Between Stroke and Dementia

A study recently conducted by The University of Exeter Medical School analyzed the data on stroke and dementia risk from 3.2 million individuals around the world. The data revealed that the link between stroke and dementia persisted even after taking into effect factors such as blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These findings from the largest study of its kind provide the...

BREAKING NEWS: Zombie Cells Identified for First Time in Alzheimer’s Disease

The team found that the stress, called cellular senescence, is associated with harmful tau
protein tangles that are a hallmark of 20 human brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s
and traumatic brain injury. The researchers identified senescent cells in postmortem
brain tissue from Alzheimer’s patients and then found them in postmortem tissue from
another brain disease, progressive supranuclear palsy.