Three generations of a British family are helping the fight against Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 5 million Americans. Neurologist Dr. Rudy Tanzi and Daisy Duarte, whose mother is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s, talk to Kathie Lee Gifford and Jenna Bush Hager about the new PBS documentary “Every Minute Counts,” which reveals the latest developments in the fight against the devastating illness.
If intervening ahead of symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) works in people with gene mutations that predispose them to getting sick at a younger age, then it will probably work in the rest of the population, principal investigator Randall Bateman theorized to BioWorld Today, and his team at Washington University (WashU) – testing drugs provided […]
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug that had previously appeared to show promise in slowing the deterioration of thinking and memory has failed in a large Eli Lilly clinical trial, dealing a significant disappointment to patients hoping for a treatment that would alleviate their symptoms.