The Alzheimer’s Research Trust has welcomed the NICE decision to extend the availability of Alzheimer’s drugs. Three drugs currently used for moderate Alzheimer’s will now be available to treat mild stages of the disease as well. As part of the latest guidance NICE used a new economic model and found the drugs to be cost-effective. [...]
Scientists suggest people with Alzheimer’s disease clear a damaging protein from their brains more slowly than those who are healthy. It was already known that the beta-amyloid protein built up in the brains of people with the condition. But the US study in Science suggests it is the poor clearance of the protein, not the [...]
The Wrinkly Rappers, of Britain’s Got Talent fame, are encouraging everyone to buy their ‘well cool’ Christmas CD, Wrinkly Rappers Unrapped, to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. Brenda Brooks (dangerously close to 60) and Belinda Marks (knocking on 50), both from Somerset, aim to make people laugh and prove older people have fun [...]
US scientists have found that boosting levels of a protein, EphB2, improves nerve cell function and memory in mice with Alzheimer’s. Their findings, published in Nature, highlight potential new treatment targets. EphB2 amounts are abnormally low in an area of the brain responsible for memory in mice with Alzheimer’s, as well as people with the [...]
New American research claims that a drug commonly used in the treatment of type two diabetes can help treat Alzheimer’s disease. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, researchers found that metformin can reduce the amount of the abnormal tau protein in the [...]
People with dementia have been encouraged to engage with art through a joint project by the National Gallery and Alzheimer’s Society. The project was organised and funded by Credit Suisse who partner with the National Gallery, and support Alzheimer’s Society through the UK Charity of the Year 2010 programme. The innovative project, part of the [...]
Scientist are developing a 30-second test to spot the signs of Alzheimer’s which could allow doctors to identify sufferers decades before they show symptoms. The screening process, aimed at people in their 40s, could be available in as little as two years allowing patients to take preventive steps to halt the onset of the debilitating [...]
Once an ignored, overlooked condition, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are in the spotlight like never before, thanks in part to a growing number of books on the subject. But are these books any more than a new form of ‘mis lit’ and can they really help make a difference? In retrospect, there was [...]
B vitamins have again been linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s, following a seven-year observational study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The latest findings, which focus on vitamin B12, add to recent high-profile studies into the protective effects of the vitamins. The research, published in the October issue of Neurology, adds further to [...]
New proposals recommending three drugs, currently used for moderate Alzheimer’s, to be expanded to treat mild stages of the disease, have been welcomed by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust (ART). The draft guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) also recommend use of a further drug, memantine, to treat severe Alzheimer’s and [...]
