Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

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Neal K. Shah, CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies, discussed the groundbreaking potential of AI-powered music therapy in revolutionizing dementia care, offering personalized interventions that can improve quality of life.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of June 2024, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on headache and nerve decompression surgery.

ALX-001, a first-in-class compound, will be assessed in an additional cohort of patients with Alzheimer disease as the company continues to plan for phase 2 studies.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending July 5, 2024.

The approval of donanemab marks the third antiamyloid therapy to gain the FDA's greenlight, following the conditional approval of aducanumab in 2021, and lecanemab in 2023—although aducanumab no longer remains on market after it was removed earlier this year.

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Vitrisiran demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in the composite of all-cause mortality and recurrent cardiovascular events in both the overall population and those who received a monotherapy of vutrisiran without tafamidis.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on epilepsy/Dravet syndrome.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 28, 2024.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on Alzheimer disease/dementia.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 21, 2024.

Neal K. Shah, CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies, discussed how sleep apnea and cognitive decline may be interrelated and disproportionately affecting minoritized populations.

A statistically significant dose-response correlation was observed, indicating that greater lifestyle changes led to better cognitive and functional outcomes in Alzheimer's patients.

In recent news, Otsuka has discontinued the development of AVP-786 following results from phase 3 trial assessing the treatment in patients with agitation related to Alzheimer disease.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is on narcolepsy.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 14, 2024.

John Dunlop, PhD, the chief scientific officer at Aliada Therapeutics, discussed the MODEL platform and its potential impact on therapeutic delivery for neurological conditions.

In a pivotal, large-scale, phase 3 trial, donanemab met its primary end point, demonstrating more pronounced effects in patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease who had low/medium tau status.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of May 2024, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

If the sBLA is approved, the clinical and biomarker benefits may be maintained through the once-monthly dosing regimen that is less burdensome and easier for patients and care partners to continue long-term.