Recent advances in targeted breast cancer treatments
Substantial progress has been made in the targeted therapy of breast cancer, with three new targeted therapies licensed for advanced breast cancer over the last… Read more »
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- Recent advances in targeted breast cancer treatments - 5th March 2014
- Coordinating care for people with dementia and their carers improves outcomes - 28th February 2014
- Accelerating medical discoveries in dementia and rheumatology - 6th February 2014
Coordinating care for people with dementia and their carers improves outcomes
One of the commitments from the recent G8 dementia summit held in London in December 2013, was to support countries to strengthen health and social care… Read more »
Accelerating medical discoveries in dementia and rheumatology
This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 biopharmaceutical companies and several non-profit organizations launched an unprecedented partnership to… Read more »
'Lewy body dementia' – special series call for submissions
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy is now accepting research submissions for consideration in a special series on Lewy body dementia, planned for… Read more »
Nanoparticles 'smuggle' drugs into brain to treat Alzheimer's disease
Nanoparticles embedded with drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, according to a cell-based study… Read more »
Does being overweight increase the risk of dementia?
There is conflicting evidence on whether high adiposity (shown physically as being overweight or obese) causes Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In a new debate… Read more »
World Arthritis Day: living better, aging well
Posted on behalf of Abigail Jones How can people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases enjoy an optimal quality of life? This is the topic addressed by… Read more »
Are Alzheimer's disease clinical trial results skewed?
Clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are under enormous pressure to produce results, as there have been no new successful AD drugs in recent years. A… Read more »
'Immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease' – special series call for submissions
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy is accepting research submissions for consideration in a special series on immunotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease.… Read more »
Alzheimer’s disease: would you want to know?
If there were an early medical test for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), would you choose to take it? Most adults would, suggests a study in the open access journal… Read more »