Naproxen for presymptomatic Alzheimer disease
Is this the end, or shall we try again?
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- First Published April 5, 2019.
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Author Disclosures
- Linda A. Hershey, MD, PhD and
- Richard B. Lipton, MD
- Linda A. Hershey, MD, PhD and
I sit on the Long Term Care Stakeholders Committee for the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ); I was recently appointed to serve on the Mild Cognitive Impairment Quality Measurement Work Group for the AAN Institute.
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I have served on the editorial board of Neurology from 2011-present. I am on the editorial board of JSM Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementia, 2014-present. I am on the editorial board of J Neuroscience & Cognitive Studies, 2017-present.
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Since 2015, I have received annual royalties for writing reviews for MedLink Neurology about these 3 topics: a) Memory Loss b) Cognitive and behavioral changes in PSP c) Sleep and dementia In 2018, I received an honorarium for reviewing a paper about Parkinson disease from the Annals Internal Medicine.
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I served on the Network of Experts (about Alzheimer disease) for the FDA in 2018.
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I held an endowed chair at OU from 2010-2015: Ethelyn McElwee Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and was the Director of Dementia & Behavioral Neurology at OU Physicians. I am now retired from practice, but I still teach medical students, grad students and residents at OU.
Dr. Hershey was the site PI for two Forum Pharmaceuticals studies of a new drug for Alzheimer's disease (2014-2016).
Dr. Hershey was co-investigator (5% effort) on a translational research study from the NIH(8UL1TR000041) about delivering the STOMP intervention in the home environment, 2013-14.
She is the co-PI (5% effort)on an OUHSC VP for Research study to examine memory consolidation in elders with aMCI, 2014-2015. She was the co-PI for the Singer Seed Grant from the Oklahoma College of Nursing, 2014-2015.
Dr. Hershey was co-investigator on an Alzheimer's Association grant to study ways to reduce disability in dementia patients by using O.T. interventions, 2014-2016.
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I gave expert testimony to two sets of lawyers during 2016 concerning a stroke pt of mine. The proceeds for this testimony went to my department.
- Richard B. Lipton, MD
Allergan, e-Neura, Merck
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Serves as consultant, advisory board member, or has received honoraria from: American Academy of Neurology, Alder, Allergan, American Headache Society, Amgen, Autonomic Technologies, Avanir, Biohaven, Biovision, Boston Scientific, Dr. Reddy?s, Electrocore, Eli Lilly, eNeura Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pernix, Pfizer, Supernus, Teva, Trigemina, Vector, Vedanta
Neurology, Editorial Board, 2017-
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Wolff's Headache, 8th Edition, Oxford University Press; Informa
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Serves as consultant, advisory board member, or has received honoraria from: American Academy of Neurology, Alder, Allergan, American Headache Society, Amgen, Autonomic Technologies, Avanir, Biohaven, Biovision, Boston Scientific, Dr. Reddy?s, Electrocore, Eli Lilly, eNeura Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pernix, Pfizer, Supernus, Teva, Trigemina, Vector, Vedanta
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Vedanta Research Migraine epidemiology and Progression June 2010 - present Boston Scientific Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Migraine March 2013 - present ElectroCore Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Migraine and Cluster May 2013 Novartis Sleep and Migraine September 2012 - present Allergan Botox in Migraine April 2012 - present Allergan Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcome Study January 2012 - present
NIH/NIA 2PO1 AG003949 Einstein Aging Study 9/1/16-5/31/21 Role: Principle Investigator NIH R01AG042595 Stress, cognition, repetitive unconstructive thoughts and inflammatory markers 7/1/12-6/30/17 Role: Investigator NIH/NINDS 1U10NS077308-01 Einstein Center for Excellence for Clinical Trials in Neuroscience 9/30/11-8/31/18 Role: Co-PI NIH/NINDS R01 NS082432-03 Brain injury due to soccer heading and opportunities for its mitigation 4/1/13-3/31/18 Role: Investigator NINDS/NIH 1R01AG048642 Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging 9/1/15-4/30/17 Role: Co-Investigator 1K23NS096107-01 Clinical Decision Support for Patient Migraine Management 4/01/16-3/31/21 Role: Primary Mentor 1K23AG049466-01 The relation of migraine to daily hormone patterns and menopausal stage 9/30/16-5/31/17 Role: Primary Mentor 1K01AG054700-01 Application of latent and integrative approaches to understand the spectrum of cognitive aging 3/15/17-2/28/22 Role: Primary Mentor
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S & L Marx Foundation Alzheimer's Research Czap Foundation Alzheimer's Research
eNeura Pharma; Biohaven Inc.
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Oxford University Press; Baxter Publishing
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- From the Department of Neurology (L.A.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City; and Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Epidemiology & Population Health (R.B.L.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
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Dr. Hershey linda-hershey{at}ouhsc.edu
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