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Meat-heavy diet raises risk for Alzheimer’s disease
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Americans’ meat-rich diets make them more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alzheimer’s disease. “Diets that are more plant-based, like the Mediterranean diet and traditional diets in China, Japan and India, are shown to reduce risk, especially when compared to the Western diet,” says…
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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets full FDA and Medicare approval for early-stage cases; drug is still in clinical trials at UK
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for the first drug to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the door for Medicare to pay for it. “This is the first medicine ever that actually changes the disease in the brain, removes a component of…
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Alzheimer’s drug under study at University of Kentucky and other sites has shown it is ‘the first crack in the iceberg,’ UK researcher says
BY AL CROSS KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS A partially approved drug for Alzheimer’s disease that slowed memory decline and loss of functional ability in a study is “the first crack in the iceberg for us,” says a Kentucky researcher involved in the study. Dr. Greg Jicha of the University of Kentucky, one of about 100 study…
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