Tag: Alzheimer’s

Dementia

New Alzheimer’s drug trial like needle in haystack

Analysis of late data following unsuccessful trials of an ‘anti-Alzheimer’s’ drug showed that it might help a few people if given earlier and in larger doses. Now approval for further trials are to be fast tracked through the American FDA

August 10, 2020

Big turn-around for Alzheimer’s after 20 years of failure

Two decades of research into Alzheimer’s disease have failed to produce any effective therapies and the time has come to change direction, said the director

February 28, 2017

Louise Morse

Louise Morse MA (CBT) is media and external relations manager for the Pilgrims’ Friend Society. She is a writer and speaker, and author of books on issues of old age, including dementia, published by Lion Monarch and SPCK. She is a cognitive behavioural therapist, and her Masters’ dissertation examined the effects of caring for a loved one with dementia on close relatives.