Bruce Vincent has a form of Alzheimer's that strikes at a young age. At only 49, the disease is picking up its brain-robbing pace. (Video by Scott LaPierre / Globe Staff)
Alzheimer’s has quickened its pace, snatching from Vincent more abilities than it had since his diagnosis three years earlier. But his humor and selfless core endure. By Kay Lazar
Testing of several potential Alzheimer’s medications has yielded recent disappointments, but important lessons can be gleaned from those failures, says a top Boston researcher.
An international team of researchers has convinced federal regulators to relax rules that had barred many Alzheimer’s patients from clinical trials of a medication designed to halt the disease.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine are part of an international collaboration to discover and map all of the genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease in an effort to improve treatments.
This is the story in photos of how Bruce Vincent and his family have been coping with the disease over time.
The Alzheimer’s Association released a full report this year outlining facts and figures about the disease in the United States. It provides state-by-state breakdowns, information about associated risks, data on different kinds of treatment and care, and resources for early diagnosis and detection.
“This is a democratic country. How can you meet all the requirements by law, get rejected, and then be given no explanation? The way things stand, people might assume that Ibonne and I did wrong. And we didn’t.”
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“For the time we are on this earth, we should help someone else.’’
Bruce Vincent, on decision to go public with his diagnosis in hopes of educating others
“I often wonder how a God of love and peace could create such a terrible disease such as Alzheimer’s, without a cure.”
Brian Vincent, on the 50% chance he or one of his siblings may also have Alzheimer’s
“It is just so tough to see my father slowly slipping away.”
Brian Vincent, speaking about his father
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