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Wall Street Journal: AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly & Co. on Tuesday scrapped two late-stage trials of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug they were co-developing, the latest blow in the long quest to find a breakthrough for the memory-robbing disorder. The companies said the decision was taken after an independent data-monitoring committee concluded that trials associated with lanabecestat, the experimental drug, wouldn’t achieve their original goals. The companies said the treatment wasn’t working as well as they had hoped and that ending the trials wasn’t a result of any safety concerns. READ MORE
Science Daily: A new study indicates that patients with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of developing dementia. This research also shows (for the first time) that an MRI can be used to detect very early signatures of neurological damage in people with high blood pressure, before any symptoms of dementia occur. READ MORE
Forbes: Previously in my series on dementia, we have focused on improving the quality of life for people living with dementia by giving them greater autonomy. In this fourth article, I want to focus on one main challenge of that approach: the risk of physical harm. READ MORE
Latestly: People who smoke or have diabetes may be at a high risk of developing abnormal deposits of calcium in the brain region crucial to memory, a study has found. Dementia is a major public health problem that affects tens of millions of people worldwide. One focus of dementia research has been the hippocampus, a brain structure important for both short- and long-term memory storage. Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, is associated with atrophy of the hippocampus. . READ MORE
News4SA: Triple digit temperatures are adding another level of danger to people living with Alzheimer's and dementia. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, six out of ten people who are diagnosed with a form of dementia will wander. That can be terrifying for the person and for their caregivers. If you compound the problem with summer heat, things can get deadly very quickly. READ MORE
