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Study Shows Drug Can Treat Late Stages of Alzheimer’s
School
of Medicine researchers Barry Reisberg, M.D., and Steven Ferris,
Ph.D., led an important multicenter study showing that a drug
that quashes the activity of a key brain chemical slows the
mental and physical deterioration of patients with moderate
to severe Alzheimer’s disease. The new study, published
in the April 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine,
involved 32 medical centers nationwide and enrolled 252 patients.
The drug,
memantine, is the first effective treatment for patients in
the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, says Dr. Reisberg,
Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Director of the William
and Sylvia Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research and Treatment
Center. Dr. Ferris is the center’s Executive Director
and the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor of the
Alzheimer’s Disease Center.
“These
patients seem to be declining much less, about half as much
as ordinarily expected, over a six-month period,” says
Dr. Reisberg. “This medication slows down the otherwise
inexorable progress of Alzheimer’s, and it is remarkably
free of side effects. These are very impressive results. It
looks like this drug really will have an impact on this disease.”
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Dr.
Steven Ferris (left) and Dr. Barry Reisberg led an important
study assessing the effects of a drug on the later stages of
Alzheimer’s disease.
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Disaster Plan for Our Times: Medical Center Prepares for Terrorist
Threats
While
most of us prefer not to dwell on the prospect of another
terrorist attack in New York City, a group of dedicated medical
professionals and administrators in the Medical Center community
are keenly aware that disaster could strike again.
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Reflection From the President
A Q&A W
In
February of this year, Theresa A. Bischoff, President of NYU
Hospitals Center, announced that, after nearly 20 years at
NYU Medical Center, she would step down from her post at the
end of 2003. Dean and CEO Robert M. Glickman, M.D., followed
Ms. Bischoff’s announcement with one of his own, citing
her accomplishments and long service with warm praise.
What
she knows about academic medical centers and healthcare, Ms.
Bischoff recalls, she learned mainly at NYU. Before coming
here, she was a finance executive with a pharmaceutical company.
She began her career at the Medical Center as director of
accounting services, but made a point of visiting department
heads .
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