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Tag Archives: Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ)
Summary of Recent Progress in Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Trials (CTAD / JPAD)
Summary The following article summarises a round-up of present understanding and developments reflected in current and planned prevention trials, as discussed at a EU / US / Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Task Force meeting, as of December 2016-7. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Accelerating Alzheimer's Research and Drug Development, Alzheimer's Disease Co-operative Study - Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADCS-ADL), Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Trials, Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API), Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative Study, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI), Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire, Amyloid and Tau Imaging, Amyloid and Tau PET, Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) Study, Banner Alzheimer's Institute (Arizona), Biological Markers, Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Blood Proteins as Biomarkers of Disease Research, Blood-Based Biomarkers, Blood-Based Biomarkers of Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Canada, CHU Toulouse (France), Cognitive Function Instrument, Cognitive Outcome Measures, Cogstate iPad C3 Battery, Collaboration for Alzheimer’s Prevention (CAP), Composite Measures (sic Cognitive Composites), Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research and Drug Development, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Denali Therapeutics (South San Francisco), Department of Epidemiology and Public Health: CHU Toulouse, DIAN-TU Study, DIAN-TU Trial, Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Drug-Development Pipeline, EU/US/Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) Task Force, EU/US/Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) Task Force (December 2016 Meeting), European Medicines Agency, Everyday Cognition (E-Cog) Scale, F-31073 (Toulouse), F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd (Basel), France, Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT), Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), Gerontopole Toulouse: Toulouse University Hospital, Global R&D Partners LLC (San Diego), Harvard Medical School, Imaging, Inc. (New York), Informant-Reported Outcome Measures, Innovation Infrastructure, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD), Keck School of Medicine: University of Southern California, Longitudinal Evaluation of Amyloid Risk and Neurodegeneration (LEARN) Study, McGill University, Molecular Imaging; Mild Behavioral Impairment, Multi-Domain Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial (MAPT), National Institutes of Health’s Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Neurology (FDA), Next Generation (NexGen) Prevention Trial, NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB), Non-Invasive Biomarkers, Outcome Measures, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Pentara Corporation (Salt Lake City), PET, Pfizer, Plasma Biomarkers, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Alzheimer’s Cognitive Composite (PACC), Preclinical Biomarkers and Dementia, Preclinical Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Indicators and Dementia, Preclinical Indicators in Alzheimer's Disease, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Promisary Science, Recruitment and Retention, Regulation and Drug Development For Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Research Culture, Research Mapping, Research Networks, Research Promotion, Sharing Knowledge and Information, Slowing Progression of Disease (Stabilisation), Switzerland, Tau PET, Technology and Infrastructure Development, TOMMORROW Study, UMR1027 Inserm, United States, University College London, University Hospital of Montpellier, University of Southern California, University of Toulouse III, USA, Washington University School of Medicine
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Young Blood Infusion Recapitulates Folklore: Vampire Therapy for Dementia? (Telegraph / CTAD / JPAD)
Summary A small trial to check the safety and tolerability of youthful blood infusions for the treatment or amelioration of Alzheimer’s Disease has detected early signs of improvement in activities of daily living. Randomly selected individuals from just 18 over-65 … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged 10th Annual Clinical Trial on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Conference, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), ADAS-Cog, Alkahest (San Carlos; USA), Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-Cog13), Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), Alzheimer's Disease Co-operative Study - Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADCS-ADL), Alzheimer's Disease Co-operative Study-Activities of Daily Living Inventory (ADCS-ADL) Scale, Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL), Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study / Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) Inventory, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute: University of Southern California, Assessments of Functional Ability, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB), Department of Health Research and Policy: Stanford University, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences: Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery: Stanford University, Department of Pediatrics: Stanford University, Disease Modification Trials, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease Modifying Versus Symptom Modifying Treatments (Widespread Mis-Classification in Drugs Development Pipeline), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Disease-Modifying Treatments for Dementia, Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Folk Tales, Folklore, Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), Geriatric Depression Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS Short Form), Infusion of Young Persons’ Plasma, Infusions of Plasma to Elderly People With Alzheimer’s Disease, Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD), Legends, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-Q), Outcome Measures for Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, PLASMA (Plasma for Alzheimer’s Symptom Amelioration) Trial, Plasma for Alzheimer’s Symptom Amelioration (PLASMA), Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP), Repeated Infusions of Young Persons’ Plasma, Stanford University, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, The PLasma for Alzheimer SymptoM Amelioration (PLASMA) Study (PLASMA), Trail Making Test Part A (TMTA), Trail Making Test Part B (TMTB, United States, University of Southern California, USA, USA Endocrinology, Vampire Therapy, Vampirism, Young Plasma
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Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: Systematic Review (Biomed Research International)
Summary This systematic review examines the functional profile of patients with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Full Text Link Reference Lima-Silva, TB. Bahia, VS. Nitrini, R. [et al]. (2013). Functional status in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: a systematic review. Biomed … Continue reading →
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Tagged Activities of Daily Living, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Activities of Daily Living Impairments, Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Biomed Research International, Brazil, Diagnosis and Screening: Frontotemporal Dementia, Direct Assessment of Functional Status (DAFS), Disability Assessment for Dementia-DAD, Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia Symptoms, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), Functional Decline, Functional Impairment, Functional Performance, Functional Status of Patients with bvFTD, Neurology Department: University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Pick’s Disease (Frontotemporal Dementia), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of São Paulo
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