Having Alzheimer’s doesn’t guarantee that you’ll move to a nursing home someday, but it certainly does increase the odds. As the disease progresses, you may begin to experience wandering and exhibit behaviors diat will become increasingly difficult for your caregiver to manage. You may also require greater physical care than your caregiver can provide.
Alzheimer’s: Treatment Beyond Approved Medication
The quest for medications beyond the five currently approved by the FDA is ongoing, rigorous, and intense. It appears to be a matter of time before new therapies are approved. These are just a few of the drugs now being studied:
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Alzheimer’s: Do Foods Play A Role?
Nutrition research in recent decades has found a major link between the foods we eat and the state of our health. Not surprisingly then, some scientists are examining whether certain ingredients in foods may help ward off Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s: Do Herbal Supplements And Vitamins Have A Role?
Huperzine A
Huperzine A is an herbal supplement derived from the plant Huperzia serrata. In China, it has been used for centuries as a treatment for swelling, fever, and blood disorders. Recent clinical trials in China have reportedly shown that huperzine can also benefit people with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Alzheimer’s: Will We Ever See A Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease?
Dreams of a vaccine to protect against Alzheimer’s have not completely vanished with the discontinuation of AN-1792, a vaccine under investigation by Elan Pharmaceutical.
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Alzheimer’s: Can Statins Slow Alzheimer’s Disease?
People who have high cholesterol are often given medications known as statins, a class of drugs chemically known as 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors.
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Alzheimer’s: Can Alzheimer’s Be Prevented?
Research is starting to show that Alzheimer’s may be prevented with the right lifestyle choices. The good news is, the same strategies that keep diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers at bay may also play a role in reducing your risk for Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s: Clinical Trials – Should You Assist In Research?
Advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s could not be achieved without the help of investigators. But the research wouldn’t be possible without the participation of important people: the patients.
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Americans Rank Alzheimer’s as Most Feared Disease
Home Instead Senior Care®, the world’s leading provider of home care services for seniors, today announced new survey results revealing that Americans fear developing Alzheimer’s disease more than any other major life-threatening disease, including cancer, stroke, heart disease and diabetes.
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Signs of Alzheimer’s at an Early Age
Scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease are increasingly finding clues that the brain begins to deteriorate years before a person shows symptoms of dementia.
Now, research on a large extended family of 5,000 people in Colombia with a genetically driven form of Alzheimer’s has found evidence that the precursors of the disease begin even earlier than previously thought and that this early brain deterioration occurs in more ways than has been documented before.