by Jimmy Carter | May 23, 2019 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
A recent study published in the New England Journal of medicine revealed that brain scans of more than two dozen former NFL players found that the men had abnormal levels of the protein linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.), the degenerative brain...
by Jimmy Carter | Apr 23, 2019 | Alzheimer’s
Another big blow came to the Alzheimer’s research community late last month when pharmaceutical company Biogen and Eisai Co. announced on March 22 that they would terminate two late-stage studies of the experimental drug aducanumab. They have ceased trials after they...
by Jimmy Carter | Apr 8, 2019 | Alzheimer’s
That’s what a recent study conducted at the Duke Eye Center suggests. The study of more than 200 people, published on March 11 in the journal Ophthalmology Retina, proposes that a quick, noninvasive eye exam might one day allow eye doctors to check up on both your...
by Jimmy Carter | Apr 4, 2019 | Celebrity, Dementia
AN ARTICLE IN The New York Times recently revealed that Tom Seaver, legendary pitcher and the most prominent player in New York Mets history, is stepping back from public life because of advancing dementia. It was recently discovered that Seaver, 74, has dementia....
by Jimmy Carter | Apr 1, 2019 | Alzheimer’s
This small bit of Alzheimer’s news out of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center slipped under the radar late last year. The researchers there revealed that an experimental vaccine that could hold off Alzheimer’s disease showed promising results in...
