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People with Alzheimer’s Think Better in Summer
FASCINATING VIDEO + ARTICLE: Learn how people with Alzheimer’s have better cognition skills in the late summer and early fall. Find out how seasonality affects the brain’s proteins and genes. Adults...
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Sundowning Care Tips
AGITATION & ANXIETY IN ALZHEIMER’S: Get these tips for coping with “sundowning”. (Sundowning is restlessness or agitation in the late afternoon or early evening in Alzheimer’s.) Late afternoon and...
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Sundowning: Is My Body Clock Broken or Just Disconnected?
Early-evening restlessness and agitation, known as ‘sundowning’, is common in Alzheimer’s. So is fragmented sleep. A major discovery indicates these symptoms are curable. People with Alzheimer’s often...
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View ArticleFDA Votes 9-1 to Advance Rexulti for Alzheimer’s
Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Co. Ltd. (Otsuka) and Lundbeck LLC (Lundbeck) announce the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) of REXULTI®...
View ArticleFDA Okays Rexulti for Agitation in Alzheimer’s
On May 11, 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration announced the supplemental approval of Rexulti (brexpiprazole) oral tablets for the treatment of agitation associated with dementia due to...
View ArticleSundowning Care from Sunset ’til Sunrise
For 12 years, a special program called “Dusk ‘Til Dawn” has been successfully fighting sundowning. “Sundowning” means people with dementia act agitated and restless towards the end of the day. See...
View ArticleEnhanced Light Sensitivity Contributes to “Sundowning” in Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s research from UVA Health suggests that enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to “sundowning” – the worsening of symptoms late in the day – and spur sleep disruptions thought to...
View Article5 Tips to Ease Sundowning in Dementia
For VIDEOS + ARTICLE on SUNDOWNING, click here. MORE INFORMATION: The UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program is designed to help patients and their families with the complex medical, behavioral...
View ArticleWhat Causes Sundowning? Frustration or Chemistry?
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Valuable research provides the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a...
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Memory Boosted by Intermittent Fasting in Alzheimer’s Lab
A groundbreaking study used intermittent fasting in mice to correct the circadian disruptions seen in Alzheimer’s. The researchers used time-restricted feeding, a type of intermittent fasting focused...
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