A small trial of Eli Lilly’s donanemab showed the experimental Alzheimer’s drug slowed by about a third the rate of decline in a combined measure of cognition and function in patients at an early stage of the mind-wasting disease.
In a paper published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, a team of researchers called for more prospective studies that will look into the impact COVID-19 has on brain functioning, given the disease has been frequently associated with neurologic symptoms such as seizures and psychosis.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation to trofinetide for the treatment of Rett syndrome, a serious and rare neurological disorder.
A new study published in the journal Neurology shows that Type 2 diabetes triggers a significant reduction in cognitive ability within just a two-year period. The main culprits appear to […]
