The biggest breakthrough, which we reported on last week, was Biogen’s clinical trial results for BAN2401, the first anti-amyloid drug to receive positive later stage Alzheimer’s results. However, Biogen’s drug release into the market is still far away, with a phase three trial not expected until late 2019 or 2020. Biogen researchers pointed out that the results showed the drug could slow the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s, but it did not stop the decline or reverse it.
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The Hormone & Dementia Connection
There are two different kinds of dementia: degenerative (Alzheimer’s disease) and non-degenerative. Non-degenerative forms of dementia develop from traumatic, toxic, or immunological causes. Other causes of non-degenerative dementia can be drugs, alcohol, hormone or vitamin imbalances, or even depression.
The Dietary Inflammation & Alzheimer’s Connection
One of the main causes of cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s disease is inflammation. Inflammation is closely linked to metabolism, which is affected by what you eat, your activity level, predestined genes and exposure to and how you handle stress. Since diet, activity and stress also affect cardiovascular health, and many other aspects of your well-being, brain health and your general...
The Misdiagnosed Dementia
Most people are familiar with the common forms of dementia that are involved with will contests, and those that we have talked about here on this blog — Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia with Lewy Body and Vascular Dementia. But there is another type of dementia that is quite common and often eludes diagnosis. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), formerly called Pick’s Disease, is a form of dementia...
BREAKING NEWS: A Promising Advance in Alzheimer’s Treatment
On Wednesday, the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s reached a hopeful crossroads. For the first time in a large clinical trial, a new drug both reduced plaques in brains of sufferers with Alzheimer’s and slowed the progression of dementia. These results were presented on Wednesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago. More trials are needed if the drug is to...
Causes of Dementia: Dementia & Toxic Substances
There are many causes of dementia, some of which are probably not preventable. On the other hand, dementia that originates from toxic substances—a form of degenerative dementia—is one we may be able to avoid by limiting our exposure to those toxins. Here we will define dementia derived from toxins, explore the causes, symptoms and treatments. Toxic encephalopathy is a general term that...