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The work may also help researchers identify existing drugs that could be repurposed for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias driven by tau.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
In turn, targeted therapies will either prevent Alzheimer’s in the first place or convert it and other progressive dementias into chronically manageable or even curable conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Or, I should say, diseases, plural — because in addition to the well-known Alzheimer’s, there are a variety of others, including frontal-lobe dementias — such as the one taking Willis — and many others.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
It also interferes with how brain cells manage fats and energy and promotes inflammation, which may gradually damage neurons and increase vulnerability to Alzheimer's and related dementias.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
In benign stupor purely mental stimuli may change the whole clinical picture abruptly and with this produce a change in the intellectual functioning such as we never see in organic dementias or clouded states.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
