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First Medical Device To Treat Alzheimer's Is Up For Approval By the FDA (ieee.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the first-of-its-kind dept.

the_newsbeagle writes: An FDA advisory committee met today to consider approving the NeuroAD device, which is supposed to help with the cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. The device uses a combination of brain stimulation and cognitive training tasks to strengthen the neural circuits involved in language, memory, and other components of cognition. The treatment requires patients to come to the clinic daily for 1-hour sessions. Regulators in Israel and Europe have already approved the device. The CEO of the company behind the device, Neuronix, says that they're not attempting to cure the underlying biological causes of Alzheimer's. "We're attempting to modify the course of the disease," he says. The cognitive improvements last for up to a year, after which they fade away.

3 of 32 comments (clear)

  1. Another possible treatment: clicks & flashes by Swave+An+deBwoner · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This other potential treatment sounds interesting:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/health/alzheimers-memory.html

    And it sounds like it may even be made available in a home setting.

  2. Something better than nothing by Leuf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Delaying the need for going to nursing home and taking some of the strain off from the caregivers would certainly help. But we aren't that far in with the disease with my mom and at this point getting her to cooperate with that for an hour a day every day would not be remotely possible.

  3. Other treatment by religionofpeas · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Another method is to quit eating sugar.