Are there current studies going on looking at Homotaurine? The studies I have found are old and have no results posted. Hi Tabby, As described in Alzforum, homotaurine has undergone some changes that explain why it's not currently in clinical trials: This is a prodrug of homotaurine, a modified ami...

My neurologist referred me for a clinical trial for Aduhelm. It is very intensive, and I must visit the institution conducting the trial every 4 weeks for 2 years. Part of the study provides access to PET scans and numerous cognitive tests. I was excited about accessing a PET scan because there is ...

Do be careful with higher than recommended vitamin D serum levels. At some point (which may vary individually) they may cause heart palpitations (this happened to a friend of mine). I appreciate that advice. So far that hasn't happened to me, but it's probably a good idea to periodically check the ...

Ghahremani, M., Smith, E. E., Chen, H. Y., Creese, B., Goodarzi, Z., & Ismail, Z. (2023). Vitamin D supplementation and incident dementia: Effects of sex, APOE, and baseline cognitive status. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 15(1), e12404. https://www....

This was just published today. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37676096/ Lecanemab (Leqembi) is not the right drug for patients with Alzheimer's disease "In this 18-month trial, lecanemab did not slow cognitive decline in women . This is especially significant because women have a twofold incr...

While most people with MCI and mild dementia report that "memory" is their biggest concern, it's when memory affects daily living skills and problem-solving that people lose independence in daily activities and care partners and adult children experience high levels of emotional, physical ...

Chicagogirl, I am surprised that memory impairment was so emphasized in the flyer. Typically the memory impairment stage is years usually around 10-15 years before the onset of the dementia stage. That was how it was with us. We were coping with all sorts of memory issues and misplacing things for ...

NF52, this is very exciting! I have been worried lately that there did not seem to be that much activity on clinicaltrialsgov for Lecanemab. I wanted to see some more trials start up: it looks like there is now a big one with the Georgia Net. As I noted in my previous post, I think it is exciting t...

I just picked up a flyer about the Georgia Net set of clinics and their goal to speed the process for those needing medical care for those with dementia....This will be great for those living in Georgia with dementia Certainly Chicagogirl! We are all on the same side here! Yes, I think it is very e...

Methods: Male and female older adults (N = 43), age 60–85, were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to an Olfactory Enriched or Control group. Neuropsychological assessments and fMRI scans were administered at the beginning of the study and after 6 months. First, some positive thoughts on t...