Early treatment and lifestyle changes may help
For Bradley, a mother of four and grandmother of 12, getting diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s at age 56, was tough. She says a scan that revealed beta-amyloid plaque buildup in her brain allowed her to enter a drug trial. She no longer takes the drug, aducanumab (which is being discontinued by its manufacturer), but says it helped her — for one thing, her scans no longer show the plaques.
“I’m doing very well,” she says, though “declining still a bit” in remembering recent events and finding words. She says her doctor tells her the brain plaques will eventually return…