In the fight against Alzheimer’s disease there are a number of drug therapies that are implemented in patients at various points during the progression of their disease. One such drug, memantine, is approved for patients whose affliction is moderate to severe. It is not currently approved for use in patients with a mild form of [...]

Alzheimer’s disease affects 5.3 million people in the US, and is the leading cause of elderly dementia in the world. Researchers everywhere are working constantly to understand the disease better and develop new treatment and testing modalities that will benefit these patients. Now a team of researchers from the University of California in Irvine have [...]

All of us have or know of close relatives, family members, and friends that have Alzheimer’s disease. That is not unexpected or unusual considering that over five million people are afflicted with it today. In the future, we may see over 14 million Americans with the problem. In 1900, Alois Alzheimer observed dementia in a [...]