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Eli Lilly drug shows significant results in slowing Alzheimer’s The experimental drug, donanemab, was studied at two R.I. hospitals By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated March 15, 2021, 2:32 p.m. Email to a Friend Dr. Stephen Salloway is the director of the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, where he led the TRAILBLAZER study. He is also a professor of psychiatry and human behavior and of neurology at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School.Nick Dentamaro/Brown Univer...

PROVIDENCE – A new investigational drug has demonstrated a significant reduction in cognitive deficits in people who are living in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at Butler and Rhode Island hospitals and Brown University have reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. The drug, donanemab, from pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company, targets the amyloid plaque and tau protein build-ups in the brain that are associated with the development of Alzheimer’s and o...

A Tattoo on my Brain A Tattoo on my Brain A Tattoo on my Brain A Neurologists Personal Battle against Alzheimers Disease Search within full text Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print publication year: 2021 A Tattoo on my Brain Who would you like to send this to * Optional message Book description Dr Daniel Gibbs is one of 50 million people worldwide with an Alzheimers disease diagnosis. Unlike most patients with Alzheimers, however, Dr Gibbs worked as a neurologist for twenty-five y...

Dr. Stephen Salloway. Photo: Brown/CNE Butler Hospital in Providence announced on Monday that clinical trial results announced over the weekend and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) indicate that the investigational drug donanemab holds promise as a potential treatment for early Alzheimers disease.  Stephen Salloway, MD, MS, Director of the Memory and Aging Program and of Neurology at Butler Hospital and the Martin M. Zucker Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and ...

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On a Saturday morning before the pandemic hit, when people still gathered indoors, adults of all ages filled a meeting room at a senior center in West Los Angeles. A few were young adults, some were older seniors, most were in late middle-age. The majority were women, but there were a few men, too. They grabbed coffees and muffins and quietly found a seat at one of several round banquet tables. The room was quiet at first, but it soon became almost raucous with conversation. Though they came fr...

Diversity in Aging Symposium – Eldercare: Diverse Perspectives and Diverse Needs. The Diversity in Aging Symposium is designed to spark conversation about contemporary issues in aging. For our first event, we are addressing the intersection of aging, race, ethnicity, and eldercare. We will discuss these topics with representatives of community agencies that serve historically marginalized populations of older adults. Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 1 pm-2:15 pm, Virtual Event: Zoom link ...

Long-term care facilities to receive Chrome Books to contact loved ones Over a hundred local long-term care facilities will get new equipment to help families visit with loved ones receiving long term care. Posted: Dec 11, 2020 8:03 PM Posted By: Erin Wilson PONTOTOC, Miss. (WTVA) -- Over a hundred local long-term care facilities will get new equipment to help families visit with loved ones receiving long term care. Multiple development districts across north Mississippi, including the three...