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Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.

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  1. [Pharmacological Interventions in Dementia]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery 2025-09 Treatments

    Pharmacological interventions for dementia include medications aimed at alleviating its core symptom: cognitive dysfunction.

  2. Alzheimer's disease: Clinical trials to watch

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Med (New York, N.Y.) 2025-08-08 Drug development

    Second-generation anti-amyloid therapies (ATTs) offer new options for early Alzheimer's disease treatment, but with modest efficacy and documented adverse events.

  3. Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment Challenges for the Future

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2025-08 Treatments

    The approvals of the first anti-amyloid antibodies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease have changed both the clinical and research landscape for the disease.

  4. Donanemab: The dawn of disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's disease in Australia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2025-06-23 Treatments

    On 22 May 2025, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced that the anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody donanemab (Eli Lilly, Kisunla) was approved in Australia for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  5. Anti-Amyloid Agents: A Self-Fulfilling prophecy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2025-05-19 Treatments

    The introduction of anti-amyloid antibodies has ushered in a new era in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), coinciding with the revision of its diagnostic criteria, which now focus on the biological definition of AD, with amyloid beta at its core.

  6. Expression of Concern: Paladugu et al. Liraglutide Has Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Amyloid Properties in Streptozotocin-Induced and 5xFAD Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 860

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2025-05-08 Drug development

    With this notice, the Internation Journal of Molecular Sciences Editorial Office states their awareness of the concerns regarding the integrity of a number of the figures published within this publication [...].

  7. Maximizing the benefit and managing the risk of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Strategies and research directions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 2025-03-20 Treatments

    Anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies (MABs) have introduced a new era of Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapeutics with disease-targeted drugs.

  8. Lecanemab for mild Alzheimer disease - is there a way forward?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Drugs in context 2025-03-03 Treatments

    This Editorial reviews data on the efficacy and adverse effects of lecanemab amongst individuals with mild Alzheimer disease.

  9. Impacts of tirzepatide on older patients with diminished β-cell function and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Geriatrics & gerontology international 2025-02-25 Drug development

    Tirzepatide could control postprandial hyperglycemia even in cases with diminished β-cell function.

  10. Clinical trials targeting tau should be halted

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2025-02-04 Drug development

    Experimental drugs lowering brain tau are heralded as improvements in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

  11. Semaglutide: Double-edged Sword with Risks and Benefits

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine research 2025-01-10 Drug development

    Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus therapy has evolved over the years to now include a new class of therapeutics, semaglutide.

  12. Seizing the opportunity to therapeutically address neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-01-09 Drug development

    Seizures in people with Alzheimer's disease are increasingly recognized to worsen disease burden and accelerate functional decline.

  13. Emerging Pharmacological Approaches for Psychosis and Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. CNS drugs 2024-12-02 Clinical trials

    Psychosis and agitation are among the most distressing neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) of Alzheimer's disease (AD), linked to faster disease progression and earlier admission to nursing homes.

  14. Treatment of Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2024-12-01 Treatments

    Symptom-oriented treatment has been the mainstay of Alzheimer disease (AD) pharmacotherapy for decades.

  15. GABA and its receptors' mechanisms in the treatment of insomnia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Heliyon 2024-11-23 Risk factors

    Insomnia has now become a major health problem of global concern, with about 1/3 of the population suffering from sleep problems, a proportion that is still rising year by year.

  16. Neuropathology meets chemical and genetic pathology head-on: a personal perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Pathology 2024-11-20 Biomarkers

    Medical science has made revolutionary discoveries around the nosology and aetiology of the neurodegenerative diseases.

  17. Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Management in the Age of Amyloid Monoclonal Antibodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Medical clinics of North America 2024-11-19 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, and for providers the term AD is often avoided, favoring generic terms like memory loss or dementia.

  18. Lithium: Fifteen Years Later

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neuropsychobiology 2024-11-07 Drug development

    The 75th anniversary of introducing lithium into modern psychiatry is recognized, attested by the 1949 paper of John Cade.

  19. Anti-amyloid treatments for Alzheimer's disease: A study on physicians' perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024-10-29 Treatments

    Advances in amyloid targeting therapies (ATT) for Alzheimer's disease have introduced new options, necessitating an understanding of physicians' perspectives as these therapies move from trials to practice.

  20. The recent rejection of lecanemab by the European Medicines Agency despite its approval in other countries highlights the debate among researchers and regulatory bodies about the efficacy, safety, and underlying scientific basis of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease. [Image: see text]

  21. Polypharmacological Potential of Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neurocognitive Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Aging and disease 2024-10-01 Treatments

    The prevalence of neurocognitive disorders (NCD) increases every year as the population continues to age, leading to significant global health concerns.

  22. Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: Mechanisms, treatment, and future directions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society 2024-10 Vascular contributions

    Worldwide, around 50 million people live with dementia, and this number is projected to triple by 2050.

  23. Alzheimer Disease: Treatment of Cognitive and Functional Symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. American family physician 2024-09 Treatments

    Alzheimer disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid beta plaques and hyperphosphorylated tau proteins.

  24. Analysis of eligibility criteria in Alzheimer's and related dementias clinical trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Scientific reports 2024-07-01 Disparities

    Overly restrictive clinical trial eligibility criteria can reduce generalizability, slow enrollment, and disproportionately exclude historically underrepresented populations.

  25. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Beyond Diabetes-What the Neurosurgeon Needs to Know

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurosurgery practice 2024-06-27 Drug development

    Recent guidance from the American Society of Anesthesiologists demonstrates the importance of tailored management of GLP-RA drugs for surgical patients.

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