Alzheimer’s starting to be considered treatable, even preventable

Thanks to Charlotte Lin

Here are a couple of articles with a hopeful comments about Alzheimer’s Disease.https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-is-no-longer-an-untreatable-disease-major-report-concludes-heres-why and https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/1483456/alzheimer-s-disease-starting-to-be-considered-a-treatable-condition-study

Ed note: Please utilize our very near Memory Hub for resources and care options–along with a skilled neurologist. There are so many hopeful ideas that won’t bear out, so the future is unknown. Here’s a bottom line from ClaudeAI: “There’s good evidence you can meaningfully shift your odds through cardiovascular health, hearing care, activity, diet, and cognitive/social engagement — but nothing that guarantees prevention. Once diagnosed, current amyloid-targeting drugs can measurably slow decline, but the improvement is modest, drug access is restricted to early-stage disease, and whether it’s “worth it” given the monitoring burden and side-effect risk is still actively debated among clinicians. This is a fast-moving research area, so it’s worth checking for newer trial results if this matters for a specific decision.”

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