1 As life expectancy increases, the prevalence of dementia is expected to double by 2050, emphasizing the urgent need for early detection strategies. The economic burden is substantial, with costs projected to exceed $1 trillion annually by 2030. Despite this, up to 60% of dementia c...
PURPOSE: There is now a comprehensive body of evidence reporting the effects of emergency cesarean section on women's emotional well-being. How women respond to becoming in need of a medically necessary elective cesarean section, however, has not previously been reported. This article describes and...
Learn more about Kisunla, which is used to treat adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia stage of early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.
The treatment was tested in a large 18-month clinical study in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia due to early AD. Even though you cannot stop AD from getting worse, with LEQEMBI, you can take steps to slow how fast it progresses.[3] That's...
What Are the Treatments of Dementia in Early Stage? Many types of dementia are curable. However, doctors are going to help you find ways of managing the early signs of dementia. Dementia treatment can help minimize or slow the symptoms from developing. Medications like Memantine (Namenda), Chol...
(NMDA) antagonist that aid the symptoms of learning and memory.4Most recently, Biogen’s aducanumab (Aduhelm) received FDA approval for patients with AD with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia, although it has been the subject of controversy. There are no treatments that delay, prevent,...
Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study, early adulthood hypertension and BP change were associated with late-life volumetric and WM differences implicated in neurodegeneration and dementia. Sex differences were observed for some brain regions whereby hypertension and increasing BP appeared more detri...
Lecanemab, an FDA-approved amyloid beta-directed antibody indicated for the treatment of early AD (i.e., mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease), binds with high affinity to soluble Aβ protofibrils, which have been shown to be more toxic to neurons than monomers or ins...
Treatment compliance may also be hampered by limited education, leading to impaired communication with medical personnel [55]. Lastly, childhood ill health is linked to an increased risk of mental distress, namely depressive symptoms [56]; depression, in turn, is associated with increased ...
Early diagnosis is critical to timely medication and improved prognosis, as starting treatment early in the course of the disease can maximize the effectiveness of preserving the patient’s residual function and slowing the onset and progression of dementia symptoms3,4. Diagnosis of AD is based on...