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FDA’s approval of aducanumab paves the way for ‘more momentous’ Alzheimer’s breakthroughs

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Medicare: Cover amyloid PET scans and stop keeping people with dementia in the dark

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Routine cognitive screening can help detect early signs of dementia

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Reawakened immune cells show promise in mice against zombie cells tied to diseases of aging

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Jason Karlawish and an Alzheimer’s caregiver on dementia’s ripple effect

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Collaboration between the FDA and industry is essential to foster innovation in Alzheimer’s treatments

First Opinion By Jasmine L. Travers

We need long-term solutions for older Americans’ long-term care

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Picturing the ‘patience, love, and devotion’ of Alzheimer’s care

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AstraZeneca’s confusing vaccine data, biotech in 2021, and a guide to the ASH conference

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Genetic reprogramming rejuvenates nerve cells and restores vision in mice

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Unity Biotechnology fails early test, raising doubts its ability to develop drugs to reverse aging symptoms

In the Lab By Theresa Gaffney

How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer

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CAR-T cells, better known as cancer drugs, show promise against aging in lab mice

First Opinion By Donald H. Taylor, Jr.

To test our way out of the Covid-19 nightmare, focus on nursing homes

Health By Shafaq Zia

As Covid-19 lockdowns are lifted, uncertainty at nursing homes only deepens

First Opinion By Kali S. Thomas, Paula Carder, and David C. Grabowski

Assisted living and Covid-19: the next Kirkland might not be a nursing home

First Opinion By Attila Csordas

We need to take steps toward building a consensus definition of biological aging

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For homebound people and their distant caregivers, smarter speakers to keep track of their health

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

Our body systems age at different rates, study finds, pointing to personalized care to extend healthy life

First Opinion By Grace Hatton

Lost, and sometimes found, in the emergency department at Christmas

First Opinion By Jason Karlawish

Aducanumab isn’t the simple solution to the complicated Alzheimer’s crisis

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‘You keep loving each other’: A window into dementia at the end of a lifelong partnership

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Careful stagecraft at Biogen’s big Alzheimer’s reveal cloaked deep divisions

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Detailed data on Biogen’s resurrected Alzheimer’s drug raise more questions than answers