Ray Burow

1 month ago | alzheimersnewstoday.com | Lindsey Shapiro |Ray Burow |Mary Chapman |Patricia Inacio

Age at menopause may interact with factors related to the health of synapses, or nerve cell connections, to influence the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in women, a study found. Associations between biomarkers of poor synapse health and higher levels of Alzheimer’s-related proteins in the brain, as well as steeper cognitive declines, were stronger when menopause was experienced at a younger age, the researchers said.

2 months ago | alzheimersnewstoday.com | Andrea Lobo |Ray Burow |Margarida Maia |Lindsey Shapiro

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved monthly maintenance dosing for Leqembi (lecanemab), a treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease. The decision follows a supplemental application from Eisai, which is codeveloping Leqembi with Biogen, based on the modeling of data from the Phase 2 Study 201 (NCT01767311) and the Phase 3 Clarity AD study (NCT03887455), and their long-term extension studies, showing that once-monthly dosing can help sustain the therapy’s beneficial effects.

2 months ago | alzheimersnewstoday.com | Ray Burow |Marisa Wexler

“I’ve never been so cold in my life.”I recently visited Washington, D.C., and it was cold — perhaps not by the standards of northern states, but bitter compared with my home in South Florida. Now, I’ve been colder in my life, but the quotation above pumped through my mind while I was there, prompting a warm memory of my mother. She said those words early in her dementia journey and my caregiving adventure when, a year or so after my father’s passing, his only brother passed away, too.

Dec 9, 2024 | alzheimersnewstoday.com | Ray Burow

Like most people, caregivers look forward to celebrating the holidays with family and friends. Or do they? Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but it carries many expectations, with the greatest being to fulfill the holiday spirit. We want to have and share that warm, fuzzy feeling that accompanies Hallmark Christmas cards and movies. Weeks before Christmas, visions of rolling out Christmas cookies, entertaining carolers, and attending Christmas Eve church services dance in our heads.

Nov 4, 2024 | alzheimersnewstoday.com | Ray Burow

Both of my parents, Ruth and Jim Page Sr., have passed from this life to the next. They were tremendous people who loved each other and their children profoundly. They had many gifts, separately and together. I’ve never met two people whose gifts, talents, and interests were so well matched. Ray Burow’s parents, Ruth and Jim Page Sr., enjoyed entertaining friends at their West Virginia home.