WASHINGTON – One-quarter of valproate-exposed children in an ongoing study had a major birth defect or reduced IQ, Dr. Kimford Meador reported at th... More »
AT THE AAGP ANNUAL MEETING
NEW ORLEANS – Suicidal thoughts and actions are not rare among the elderly, and seem to have diverse drivers, including ... More »
A $100 million study may decide the financial fate of amyloid PET imaging and thus potentially the frequency with which it is used to help rule out Al... More »
NEW ORLEANS – The combination of memantine and a cholinesterase inhibitor improved behavioral symptoms in patients with moderate-severe Alzheimer’... More »
Certain immune cells that normally protect the brain abnormally consume the nutrient arginine in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, suggests a study... More »
NEW ORLEANS – Elderly dementia patients who take antipsychotics are significantly less likely to have guideline-concordant metabolic checkups than a... More »
SAN FRANCISCO – The younger people are when they get a tattoo, the more likely they are to regret it later, according to a survey of 501 people in t... More »
NEW ORLEANS – A test of smell identification seems to predict cognitive decline in elderly patients who score normally on memory tests.
Each 1-poin... More »
NEW ORLEANS – Both problem-solving and lifestyle interventions significantly reduced the incidence of major depression among black and white communi... More »
Saracatinib, a drug originally developed as a cancer treatment, is now being tested in a phase IIa trial of patients with Alzheimer’s disease after ... More »