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Can new MRI technology effectively & non-invasively diagnose the type of dementia that is afflicting a person?
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Merck’s EPOCH Clinical Trial for Alzheimer’s Enrolling 1,700 People
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VIDEO & ARTICLE Solanezumab slowed Alzheimer’s by 30% in a trial earlier this year. Find out what it’s maker, Ely Lilly, plans for the next step.
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VIDEO + ARTICLE Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer’s
How Does IVIG Stop Alzheimer’s? Time to Find Out
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VIDEO & ARTICLE In trials, the most effective Alzheimer’s treatment so far is IVIG. At $50,000 per year, learn how scientists hope to bring down
WSJ: Rember Tackles the Tau behind Alzheimer’s
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