Bloomberg
Eisai Set to Rise on Hopes for Alzheimer’s Drug
Oct.22 -- Eisai Co. shares are expected to rise after the Japanese drugmaker and partner Biogen Inc. said they will ask U.S. regulators to approve their nearly abandoned experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s. Rachel Chang reports on...
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Company claims drug can slow Alzheimer's disease
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, 78-YEAR-OLD CHARLES FLAGG AND HIS WIFE CYNTHIA NOTICED A CHANGE WITH HIS MEMORY.
Bloomberg
Biogen CEO Sees New Chapter in Fight Against Alzheimer's
Jun.07 -- Biogen CEO Michel Vounatsos discusses the implications of the FDA's approval of the company's controversial Alzheimer’s disease therapy, which will be sold under the name Aduhelm. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
Bloomberg
Covid Is Rallying Cry for Biotech, Genentech CEO Says
Genentech CEO Alexander Hardy says the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the inequities in the health-care industry. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)
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A pioneer 'buddy' program at Northwestern University pairs medical students with Alzheimer's patients in the early stages, giving doctors-to-be a unique insight into a devastating disease and patients an opportunity to stay socially engaged. (March 4)
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SOUNDBITE: Dr. Dan Winship, Alzheimer's patient:
"I have this disease. I have, what is it?"
SOUNDBITE: Jared Worthington, medical student:
"Alzheimer's.
SOUNDBITE: Dr. Dan Winship,...
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A cause that hits very close to home has brought retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor back to Washington. She's lobbying for more research and funding for Alzheimer's disease.
HEADLINE: O'Connor makes personal plea for Alzheimer's aid
CAPTION: A cause that hits very close to home has brought retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor back to Washington. She's lobbying for more research and funding for...
Sky News
Terry Pratchett at Alzheimer's Research Trust Conference
Terry Pratchett at Alzheimer's Research Trust Conference
Bloomberg
Biogen Shares Tumble as Alzheimer's Drug Study Is Halted
Mar.21 -- Biogen Inc. announced it was halting research on its experimental Alzheimer's drug as it was unlikely to be effective. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Max Nisen reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." His opinions are his own.
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Blood tests show promise in detecting Alzheimer's
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AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French drug watchdog stops illegal Parkinson's Alzheimer's trial
French authorities have halted an illegal trial of hormone steeped skin patches that enrolled at least 350 people with Parkinson's Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases the ANSM medicine watchdog says (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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Exteriors as fmr US president's health deteriorates
1. Various of exteriors of Ronald Reagan's residence
2. Various of cars entering the compound
The health of former US President Ronald Reagan has deteriorated in the past several days, the White House has been told.
The White House was...
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Norwegian scientist celebrates winning Nobel prize in medicine
One of the winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in medicine said on Monday that the award was an "inspiration" for science and that he hoped his research could help in the future treatment of Alzheimer's.
Norwegian scientist Edvard Moser and...
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USA: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: SCIENTISTS DISCOVERY
English/Nat
Scientists in the United States have worked out what causes the brain disease, Alzheimer's.
For a long time doctors have known that the brains' of Alzheimer patients become clogged with something called "amyloids", but until...
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Alzheimer's Disease strikes Hispanics hardest according to US survey
AP Television
Davie, Florida, USA - December 17th, 2010
1. Mid of William Gonzalez with his wife Aida hanging laundry in the backyard of their home in Davie, Florida
2. Close of laundry bag
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Gonzalez, 78,...
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The boom in cheap care abroad for Alzheimer's patients
The costs caring for Alzheimer's patients is rising sharply in the West and more and more families are considering whether their elderly would receive better care in countries like Thailand where round the clock attention is much...
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Patient drug trials for a possible Alzheimer's treatment
LEAD IN: Hundreds of clinical trials are being held around the world to discover a successful treatment for Alzheimer's disease.This week's UK's Dementia Awareness Week is urging more patients to take part in studies. It says just three...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Poetry provides gateway to past for alzhei
CLEAN : Poetry provides gateway to past for alzhei
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Poesia para los enfermos de Alzheimer
VOICED : Poesia para los enfermos de Alzheimer
AFP News Agency
VOICED : La maldicion que podria curar el Alzheimer
VOICED : La maldicion que podria curar el Alzheimer
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Walking and talking to help ward off dementia
LEADIN:
Staying active and socialising are two ways of helping to keep your brain healthy as you get older, according to dementia researchers.
Now scientists in the US are combining both those activities in a...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Poesia para los enfermos de Alzheimer
Los enfermos de Alzheimer encuentran dificultades para recordar por eso pueden sentirse solos y aislados Una asociacion en Stratford-upon-Avon en Inglaterra recluta a adolescentes y exactores para leer poesia y cantar a las personas...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Absuelta en Holanda medica juzgada por practicar eutanasia a mujer con demencia
La justicia holandesa absolvio a una medica acusada de dar muerte en 2016 a una paciente con Alzheimer sin asegurarse del todo sobre su consentimiento un caso inedito en Holanda primer pais del mundo en legalizar la eutanasia (Footage by...