disease-modifying

"We felt that our best chance for disease-modifying therapy is to detect disease and intervene much earlier," said Reisa Sperling, a committee member and director of the Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

New Guidelines For Spotting Alzheimer's Shirley S. Wang 2011

The companies hope the drugs will successfully halt or reverse the progress of Alzheimer's and become the first "disease-modifying" drugs.

Pfizer, Lilly Profits Fall as Drugs Lose Patents Peter Loftus 2012

This lack of a disease-modifying treatment is what accounts for the fear factor that makes it hard for people to face the reality of the diagnosis.

Gary W. Small, M.D.: The Coming Epidemic of Alzheimer's Disease M.D. Gary W. Small 2010

This lack of a disease-modifying treatment is what accounts for the fear factor that makes it hard for people to face the reality of the diagnosis.

Gary W. Small, M.D.: The Coming Epidemic of Alzheimer's Disease M.D. Gary W. Small 2010

This lack of a disease-modifying treatment is what accounts for the fear factor that makes it hard for people to face the reality of the diagnosis.

Gary W. Small, M.D.: The Coming Epidemic of Alzheimer's Disease M.D. Gary W. Small 2010

* Without disease-modifying therapy, about 50 percent of those diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS will become progressive at 10 years.

Karen Dolan: World MS Day-Give Us Jobs or Give Us Wheelchairs Karen Dolan 2010

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first oral disease-modifying drug for multiple sclerosis, making an appealing new treatment option available to hundreds of thousands of people with a common form of the disease.

FDA approves first oral drug to modify MS course 2010

The capsule may prove a boon to people who shy away from needles; existing MS disease-modifying therapies are administered by injection or intravenously.

FDA approves first oral drug to modify MS course 2010

* Without disease-modifying therapy, about one-third of those diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS will be using a wheelchair at 20 years.

Karen Dolan: World MS Day-Give Us Jobs or Give Us Wheelchairs Karen Dolan 2010

I began daily injections of a disease-modifying drug called Copaxaone.

Karen Dolan: World MS Day-Give Us Jobs or Give Us Wheelchairs Karen Dolan 2010