Amy Muir began her challenge on February 8, often taking her 18-month-old daughter along with her. Amy, 29, was inspired to support the charity as her dad Edward was last year diagnosed with Corticobasal Syndrome, a condition that can share some of the features of Parkinson s such as stiffness, slowness of movement and tremor, and is described as atypical parkinsonism or Parkinson s Plus. She said: “Parkinson’s is a devastating condition and so I have wanted to do something to raise money for Parkinson’s UK and thought what better way to make use of this third lockdown. “I really want to make my dad proud.
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Woolsey Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage company developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced dosing of the first patient with BRAVYL in its FOUND (Fasudil fOr Uncontrolled waNDering) study for Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia patients who have wandering behaviors of elopement and/or getting lost. The Company also announced the first patient in its ROCKIT-1 (ROCK Inhibitor in Tauopathies – 1) trial of BRAVYL in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS) patients has commenced treatment.
ABOUT WANDERING IN DEMENTIA PATIENTS
Dementia is the leading cause of dependency and disability amongst older adults. Wandering is one of the most dangerous dementia-related behaviors. Earlier this month, in the midst of a massive winter storm that slammed the Northeast, a 67-year-old Allentown, PA woman who had Alzheimer’s disease, wandered away from her home. Aft