Infiltrative and infective etiologies should be sought -- in particular, the physician should remember that amyloid might present with macroglossia. Associated purpura of the tongue or elsewhere ...

Strawberry tongue is a term for a tongue that is swollen and bumpy. It is not a health condition but rather a symptom of another disease. Strawberry tongue is a symptom, not a condition on its own. If ...

Second, there exists no “amyloid cabal.” Many other features of Alzheimer’s have been researched over decades. Although my colleagues and I and many others have published extensively on the ...

A TERMINALLY-ill chef has vowed to run her 600th marathon by the summer. Doctors diagnosed Brenda O’Keeffe, 48, from Co Cavan, with a rare and untreatable type of bone marrow cancer last year. The ...

With the first amyloid-targeting drug now approved for Alzheimer’s disease, Alnylam has presented preliminary clinical results with a new candidate that could potentially be dosed as ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — A complementary drug to combat Alzheimer's disease could target a specific part of the nerve cell protein tau. This is the finding of new research which also offers a better way ...