New study suggests Alzheimer's is not one disease but six different conditions

[Judi Lynn]

SCIENCE
Rich Haridy
5 hours ago

A large team of researchers has developed a new way to classify patients with Alzheimer's disease, suggesting we should think of the disease as six distinctly different conditions instead of one single disease.

Currently Alzheimer's disease is only really separated into two types, either early-onset Alzheimer's or late-onset Alzheimer's, depending on what stage of a person's life they begin displaying symptoms. However some researchers believe Alzheimer's disease may be much more complicated and specific than that.

A new study is suggesting this homogenizing of a variety of different cognitive symptoms into one single diagnosis may be the reason behind the recent parade of failed clinical trials into Alzheimer's drugs that were proving promising in early research.

"Alzheimer's, like breast cancer, is not one disease," says Shubhabrata Mukherjee, lead author on the new study. "I think a good drug might fail in a clinical trial because not all the subjects have the same kind of Alzheimer's."

More:
https://newatlas.com/alzheimers-six-different-conditions/57543/

[Duppers]

1. Wonder what happened to this promising study?....

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I may be needing help soon.

[JudyM]

2. I've been following the research on cannabis helping with dementia.

Also music with headphones and exercise both appear to help. So throw on your earbuds, have a couple hits and head out for a walk this weekend

[Duppers]

3. Love it!! Thanks, Judy!

I walk my 2 huge dogs every day, but have lost my procurement contacts. After we move to another state, I'll have some leads there.

[JudyM]

4. Good luck, Duppers.

Wishing you good health and good times!