alzheimers

The National Institutes of Health delivered a disturbingly negative message this week: None of the methods used to prevent, delay or reduce the severity of Alzheimer's disease have been shown to work. Quite simply, mental stimulation, exercise, diets and dietary supplements accomplish nothing.

For years, Pfizer has been trying to prepare for 2011, when its cholesterol drug Lipitor -- the biggest-selling drug ever -- will lose patent protection. Now, the world's No. 1 drugmaker says it expects upcoming treatments for Alzheimer's, cancer and pain will help it make up for some of that soon-to-be-lost revenue.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly -- maker of Prozac and Cialis -- is expected to post solid fourth-quarter profits on Thursday after a recent restructuring. But the results will likely be lower than the year-ago quarter.

If your medicine cabinet has a bottle or two of prescription drugs to treat high blood pressure, researchers say you just might be preserving your memories, too. It turns out popular high blood pressure drugs known as angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) significantly cut patients' chances of...

Acquisitions and deals are always a risky business, especially in the pharmaceuticals industry. Just today, Elan Corp. (ELN) and Gilead Sciences (GILD) discovered the price of such deals when both halted drug trials on compounds developed by other pharmaceutical firms. Due to safety concerns, Elan...

Elan Corp. (ELN)'s share price popped over 20 percent earlier today, but by the afternoon was up "only" over 13 percent. Still, not bad at all considering markets are down about 2 percent. The Irish drugmaker and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced today they have signed a deal giving J&J...

I have watched football games, football reruns and football highlights for more than 30 years. Now a new study at the University of Chicago, finds that people who watch sports may experience an increase in brain function. If this is true, then my husband must be a genius. Researchers...

What fun is retiring well-off if you're not all there to enjoy the ride? Anyone unfortunate to have witnessed the ravages of Alzheimer's certainly understands. But almost all of us have experienced some kind of preview of diminished capacity to come -- glasses "lost" perched right atop our brows;...