Andrew Brookes/Getty By Linda Marsa, Kaiser Health News When her husband was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, Elizabeth Pan was devastated by the lack of options to slow his inevitable decline. But she was encouraged when she discovered the work of a UCLA neurologist, Dr. Dale Bredesen, who […]
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First blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s goes on sale
In this Wednesday, July 22, 2020, photo provided by C2N Diagnostics, Matthew Meyer, left, senior proteomics scientist, and Stephanie Knapik, a research associate, work in a lab that analyzes blood samples at the company’s facility in the Center for Emerging Technologies in St. Louis. C2N Diagnostics has started selling the […]
FDA panel urges rejection of experimental Biogen Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health advisers sharply criticized a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug on Friday, concluding there wasn’t enough evidence that the experimental drug slowed the brain-destroying disease. The panel of outside experts for the Food and Drug Administration agreed that a pivotal study in patients failed to show “strong […]