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Alzheimer’s disease antibody crenezumab doesn’t deliver in phase II trial

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 21:45

COPENHAGEN – Once more, an antiamyloid antibody has failed to live up to hopes for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Roche’s contender, crenezumab, faltered on all of the primary...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Alzheimer’s may be declining in U.S. and Germany

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 22:00

COPENHAGEN – The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease appears to be declining in the United States and may be following a similar positive trend in Germany as well. An analysis of the ongoing Framingham...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Rising projection of Alzheimer’s cases stems mainly from better reporting

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 18:55

COPENHAGEN – Researchers appear to be tracking contradictory trends in the global incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. There’s no doubt that both are declining in the United...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Children’s psychiatric disorders linked with moms’ infertility

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 21:20

MUNICH – Children born to mothers who had fertility problems had a 33% increased incidence of psychiatric disorders as children or young adults, compared with the offspring from mothers without...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Smelling test makes progress in identifying preclinical Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:20

COPENHAGEN – A test that measures how well patients recognize scents was highly correlated with progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease as well as neurodegeneration...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Eczema linked to increased suicidal thoughts in teens

Posted on: 09/07/2014 - 19:35

Adolescents with eczema were significantly more likely to report suicidal ideation than those who did not have eczema, based on data from a population-based study of more than 3,000 adolescents. The...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 20:40

ORLANDO – Up to half of all cases of Alzheimer’s disease are attributable to seven modifiable risk factors – including depression, Dr. Kristine Yaffe asserted in her 2014 AAGP Distinguished Scientist...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Geriatric depression, pain respond to various drugs

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 17:35

ORLANDO – Duloxetine for the treatment of late-life depression missed its primary end point in a recent large randomized trial, but it did result in consistently significant clinical improvement,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Harness the ‘placebo’ in late-life depression

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 15:10

ORLANDO – The bad news about antidepressant therapy for patients whose first episode of depression occurs in late life is that the randomized trials show it’s no better than placebo. The good news is...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Key points in managing late-life anxiety

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 22:20

ORLANDO – Do SSRIs actually work for late-life generalized anxiety disorder? "I think the answer is, ‘Yes, a little.’ The benefits are limited in the randomized controlled trials and in my own...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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