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MIT Zeroes In On Alzheimer's Structures - Work Could Lead To New Drugs For The Common Disease
Categorie : Alzheimer'sMIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming. In the Aug. 22 issue of PLoS (Public Library of Science) Computational Biology, the researchers d ...
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Wed Sep 2008
Study Examines Testing Model To Predict And Diagnose New Cases Of Dementia
Categorie : Alzheimer'sA report published by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the August 20 issue of JAMA suggests that measuring how much an individual's performance varies across several neuropsychological tests enhances the accuracy of predicting whether older adults wil ...
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New Insights Into Dementia Testing
Categorie : Alzheimer'sAccording to an article published in the August 20 issue of JAMA, there is likely an association between within-person variability on neuropsychological testing and the development of dementia in older adults. Roee Holtzer, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New ...
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Mild Cognitive Impairment Associated With Longer And More Severe Diabetes
Categorie : Alzheimer'sMild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) with earlier onset, longer duration, and greater severity, according to an article released on August 11, 2008 in the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. As the transitional stage between t ...
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Cocoa Flavanols Linked To Improved Brain Blood Flow
Categorie : Alzheimer'sCocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest that long-term improvements in brain blood flow could impact cognitive behavior, of ...
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Alzheimer's Society Comment On Panorama
Categorie : Alzheimer'sDuring the programme Terry Pratchett criticises the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) decision to limit Alzheimer's drugs. Terry Pratchett is right. It's an absolute disgrace that people with early-stage Alzheimer's continue to be denied access to the only drugs proven ...
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Alzheimer's Society Condemns Putting Costs Ahead Of Care
Categorie : Alzheimer'sAccording to the HSJ, Care Quality Commission chair Baroness Young has pledged to crack down on NHS organisations that fail to adopt National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance. Ignoring guidelines could result in marked-down annual assessment ratings and lower pay, she told the ...
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Impending Generic Competition Forces Innovation In Alzheimer's Treatments
Categorie : Alzheimer'sAs the Baby Boomer generation reaches retirement age, the number of Americans suffering from Alzheimer's disease is expected to jump from 5 million to about 14 million in 2050. ...
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Alzheimer's Society Comment On New Research Showing Antipsychotics Double Risk Of Stroke In People With Dementia, Published In The BMJ
Categorie : Alzheimer'sThis comprehensive study highlights the detrimental affect all types of antipsychotics have on people with dementia. It confirms previous research that these drugs vastly increase risk of stroke and death. Care home staff need specialist dementia training to effectively care for people with d ...
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Rapid Changes In Key Alzheimer's Protein Described In Humans
Categorie : Alzheimer'sFor the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease, in the human brain. A collaborative team of scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University ...
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Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death, Even Without Dementia
Categorie : Alzheimer'sA new study shows that older people's mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don't have dementia. The study is published in the August 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "These changes are different and separat ...
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Even Without Dementia, Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death
Categorie : Alzheimer'sA new study shows that older people's mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don't have dementia. The study is published in the August 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "These changes are different and separate ...
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Alzheimer's Society Comment On The Announcement By Carol Thatcher That Baroness Thatcher Has Dementia, UK
Categorie : Alzheimer'sAlzheimer's Society comment on the announcement by Carol Thatcher that Baroness Thatcher has dementia. The sad news that Baroness Thatcher has dementia has highlighted a condition that is desperately under recognised and underfunded in the UK. One in three people over 65 will die with a form of ...
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Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Partners With Extreme Athlete Mike Monroe
Categorie : Alzheimer'sThe Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), a public charity founded by the Estee Lauder family in 2004, is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with extreme athlete, former Marine, and elite personal trainer Mike Monroe. Mike will be raising money for the ADDF i ...
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Palliative Care Must Be A Priority For Dementia
Categorie : Alzheimer'sAlzheimer Scotland welcomes the attention drawn to 'inconsistencies' in palliative care for different conditions in the recent Review of palliative care services in Scotland report from Audit Scotland. This report has prompted a pledge from the Scottish Government for a national plan to improve pal ...
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Advances In Conceptualizing Disease Progression In Alzheimer's Disease
Categorie : Alzheimer'sA hallmark of this year's ICAD meeting was the wealth of new clinical trials information in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Years of basic and preclinical research have paved the road for development of new medications and biologics. Results from many new clinical trials were provided, ranging from promis ...
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LSUHSC Research Reports New Method To Protect Brain Cells From Diseases Like Alzheimer's
Categorie : Alzheimer'sNew research led by Chu Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides evidence that one of the only naturally occurring fatty acids in the brain that has the ability to interact with the receptors originally identified as the targets of THC (the p ...
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Alzheimer's Disease: Compounds Have Potential For Diagnosis, Treatment
Categorie : Alzheimer'sNew research suggests that a select group of compounds that interact with a protein in the brain might be used in the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders. Scientists have discovered that these compounds interact in three specific ways with the tau pro ...
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Anavex Completes Successful Preclinical Studies On Lead Alzheimer's Drug Candidate
Categorie : Alzheimer'sAnavex Life Sciences Corp. ("ANAVEX") (OTCBB: AVXL), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics to treat Central Nervous System (CNS) diseases and cancer, announced the successful completion of preclinical studies (in-vitro and in-vivo in mice) on ANAV ...
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Antihypertensive Treatment On Cognitive Functions In Alzheimer's Disease
Categorie : Alzheimer'sTreatment of hypertension has proven to reduce cardiovascular risk substantially, but a large proportion of people with hypertension in the general population are not even diagnosed or treated. As a risk factor for stroke, ischemic brain lesions and silent brain infarcts, general atherosclerosis, my ...
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