Alzheimer’s disease
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Midcoast Walk to End Alzheimer’s returns to Brunswick on Saturday
The fundraising walks kicks off with the Promise Garden Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
Insight: Memory, my mother and me
As Mom is less and less herself, I’m trying to come to terms with the person she’s becoming.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2023
Commentary: Who bears the responsibility for decisions about Alzheimer’s treatment?
We’ve been rethinking our approach to the disease with varying degrees of success. Too many questions remain unanswered.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2023
Commentary: Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi gets full FDA nod, but hurdles remain
The rollout is likely to take longer than patients and their families would like.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
FDA gives full approval for Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, and Medicare will pay for it
The Food and Drug Administration endorsed the IV drug, Leqembi, for patients with mild dementia and other symptoms caused by early Alzheimer's disease.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Games with grandfather inspire new chess club for those with memory loss
The idea for the club came from a Cape Elizabeth student who played the game with her grandfather, who had dementia but "always remembered how to play chess."
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Sen. Collins spearheads efforts to fund Alzheimer’s research
A bipartisan group of senators is proposing to boost funding for research and prevention through 2035.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows disease
The drug, Leqembi, is the first that’s been convincingly shown to slow the decline in memory and thinking that defines Alzheimer’s by targeting the disease's underlying biology.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Drug slows Alzheimer’s but can it make a real difference?
New data shows an experimental Alzheimer's drug modestly slowed the brain disease's inevitable worsening.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2022
Maine Voices: The long goodbye – my family, my father and Alzheimer’s
The disease’s progression tests our ties, but maybe a cure is in the pipeline so other families will not have to endure what we and many millions of others do each day.
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