Alzheimer’s disease Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/alzheimers-disease/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:06:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Hidden Belly Fat in Midlife Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease https://us.hitleaders.news/imaging/41592/hidden-belly-fat-in-midlife-linked-to-alzheimers-disease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hidden-belly-fat-in-midlife-linked-to-alzheimers-disease Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:02:57 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=41592 Higher amounts of visceral abdominal fat in midlife are linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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]]> CMS Announces New Details of Plan to Cover New Alzheimer’s Drugs https://us.hitleaders.news/government/40662/cms-announces-new-details-of-plan-to-cover-new-alzheimers-drugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cms-announces-new-details-of-plan-to-cover-new-alzheimers-drugs Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:37:37 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40662 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is releasing new details about how people can get drugs that may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease covered by Medicare. If the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants traditional approval, then Medicare will cover the drug in appropriate settings that also support the collection of real-world information to study the usefulness of these drugs for people with Medicare.

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]]> New Blood Biomarker Can Predict if Cognitively Healthy Elderly Will Develop Alzheimer’s Disease https://us.hitleaders.news/academic-research/40567/new-blood-biomarker-can-predict-if-cognitively-healthy-elderly-will-develop-alzheimers-disease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-blood-biomarker-can-predict-if-cognitively-healthy-elderly-will-develop-alzheimers-disease Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:21:40 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40567 Why do some people develop Alzheimer’s disease while others don’t? And, even more puzzlingly, why do many individuals whose brains are chock-full of toxic amyloid aggregates — a telltale sign of Alzheimer’s brain pathology — never go on to develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementias?

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]]> Researchers Map Deep Brain Stimulation Target for Alzheimer’s Disease https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/editors-picks-and-featured-content/38774/researchers-map-deep-brain-stimulation-target-for-alzheimers-disease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-map-deep-brain-stimulation-target-for-alzheimers-disease Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:38:12 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=38774 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the fifth leading cause of death in adults over 65 years old. While many potential treatments for the neurodegenerative disease focus on developing drugs to target key culprits, a relatively new approach aims to more directly treat the brain.

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