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A little bit of good news: Your risk of dementia is getting lower. A lot lower.
The number of people with dementia clearly seems to be increasing. Rarely these days do you hear of families not having a loved one affected by dementia, and public awareness, especially...
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The first new drug for Alzheimer’s in 25 years is here. Who is it for and how effective is it?
For more than 100 years we have known that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with widespread deposits of amyloid-beta in the brain, also known as plaques. Even today, after decades...
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Dementia 101 - What you need to know to get the most out of this blog
What does dementia mean? Historically, the term dementia meant “being out of one’s mind.” Dementia is now more precisely defined, and serves as an umbrella term for numerous conditions...
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New drugs for Alzheimer's in late-stage clinical testing you should know about
Coning soon – stay tuned
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How new drugs find their meaning: A primer on preclinical models in dementia research
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Dementia prevention: What's the big deal?
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about this blog

Are there any breakthroughs on the horizon for Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias? This blog was created to help answer this question, distilling complicated science down to the essential parts you can easily understand. The goal of this blog is to be the go-to place for the highest quality information about all the latest dementia research.