We ve heard it called the long goodbye. I can only imagine how painful it is to have your parents go through the slow decline of dementia, their memories lost to Alzheimer s to the point they don t even know who you are.
If you have a parent or grandparent with mild to moderate Alzheimer s you should know there s a possible breakthrough being worked on. A new drug that is being called very promising is being developed by Seattle-based biotech company Athira Pharma.
It s been almost 20 years since the last drug to treat Alzheimer s was approved by the FDA. Dr. Jeffrey T. Apter of the Princeton Medical Institute says he s a huge skeptic on most drugs currently in development, but not this one.
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