Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism

Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an unexpected hurdle to widespread use: an entrenched belief among ... Read More

Alzheimer's drug development pipeline: Positive results, new insight on biomarkers position 2024 as 'learning year'

The world of Alzheimer's treatments is at an inflection point as more potential drugs make their way out of clinical trials. Read More

Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s drug being dropped by manufacturer

The drug Aduhelm has a complicated history. It was greeted with great hope as a treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease ... during the trial phase. “I think it’s helped me in my ... Read More

Alzheimer's News

Human Brains Are Getting Larger: That May Be Good News for Dementia ... in the development of Alzheimer's disease and heart conditions can be lessened by three kinds of drug inhibitors, according ... Read More

Parkinson's disease may be helped by GLP-1 drug, new study finds

Alzheimer’s, and even, as new study results suggest — Parkinson’s disease. In a Phase 2 trial, patients with early Parkinson’s disease taking an older GLP-1 diabetes drug called ... Read More

Alzheimer’s trial brings at-risk patients hope for the future, but new doubts in the present

The publicly funded neurology clinic diagnoses and treats Alzheimer ... experimental drug for the disease failed. AHEAD is not the first trial to test the theory that Alzheimer’s is best ... Read More

Diabetes drug similar to Ozempic helped slow progression of Parkinson's disease in small trial

A highly popular class of drugs ... Parkinson's disease, too. In a mid-stage trial, an older diabetes treatment called lixisenatide helped slow the progression of motor disability in a small ... Read More

Aggressive Alzheimer's patients don't have to suffer under Medicaid

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services do not allow chemical restraints like sedation in any state for obvious reasons. Indiana is no exception. Aggressive individuals cannot be kept in a ... Read More

Ozempic-Like Drug Slowed Progression of Parkinson's Disease in New Trial

Getty A promising new trial found that an Ozempic-like drug used to treat diabetes might also help patients with Parkinson's disease ... from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Read More

Sage Therapeutics scraps plans for Parkinson's drug after mid-stage failure

Sage Therapeutics said on Wednesday it would stop working on its experimental drug for Parkinson's disease after the treatment failed a mid-stage study, sending the company's shares to a record low in ... Read More

Parkinson’s disease may be helped by GLP-1 drug, new study finds

Alzheimer’s, and even, as new study results suggest — Parkinson’s disease. In a Phase 2 trial, patients with early Parkinson’s disease taking an older GLP-1 diabetes drug called ... Read More