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ARICEPT (Donepezil) effective for severe Alzheimer's disease
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Neurology
Donepezil reverses some aspects of cognitive deterioration seen in severe Alzheimer's disease.
New Neuroimaging Analysis Technique Identifies Impact Of Alzheimer's Disease Gene In Healthy Brains
Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). A study conducted at the University of Kansas School of Medicine demonstrated that genetic risk is expressed in the brains of even those who are healthy, but carry some risk for AD. The results of this study are published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Analyzing Structural Brain Changes In Alzheimer's Disease
Source: Medical Devices / Diagnostics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.18]
In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, sub-regional brain volume loss using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study is published the week of November 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Special Issue Of Behavioural Neurology Focuses On Alzheimer's Disease
Source: MRI / PET / Ultrasound News From Medical News Today [2009.11.11]
With about 35 million people around the world suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) by the year 2010 and an expectation that these numbers will double every twenty years with approximately 115 million cases by 2050, pressure on healthcare systems worldwide will be intense.
High Blood Pressure And Markers Of Inflammation In Blood More Common In Offspring Of Parents With Alzheimer's Disease
Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today [2009.11.04]
High blood pressure, evidence of arterial disease and markers of inflammation in the blood in middle age appear more common in individuals whose parents have Alzheimer's disease than in individuals without a parental history of the condition, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Alzheimer's Disease: Home Safety Information
Source: MedicineNet Advance Medical Directives Specialty [2008.08.26]
Title: Alzheimer's Disease: Home Safety Information
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 8/26/2008
Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2008
Alzheimer's Disease
Source: MedicineNet Pick Disease Specialty [2007.07.17]
Title: Alzheimer's Disease
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 7/17/2007
NC State Researchers Advance Understanding Of Stem Cells
Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance in understanding the development of the nervous system, which is essential to addressing conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.
Collaboration With University Of Washington Aims To Prevent Dementia, Including Alzheimer's
Source: Neurology / Neuroscience News From Medical News Today [2009.11.19]
Every two years, 2,000 senior Group Health patients check in with the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study. The joint project between Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington (UW) focuses on finding ways to delay or prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, and declines in memory and thinking. It aims to deepen understanding of how the body - especially the brain - ages.
New Technology Drives Therapies For Older Patients, Those With Alzheimer's
Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today [2009.11.18]
Technology advances are making life better for the elderly and those with Alzheimer's disease by allowing the older to stay in their homes and giving the ill a way to interact with society again. Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with
Researchers To Test First Gene Therapy For Alzheimer's Patients
Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today [2009.11.17]
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of 12 sites nationwide participating in the first Phase 2 clinical trial to test gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The study is the first multicenter neurosurgical intervention in Alzheimer's research in the U.S. The experimental treatment utilizes a viral-based gene transfer system, CERE-110, that makes Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), a naturally occurring protein that helps maintain nerve cell survival in the brain.
Tapping Into Curry's Health Benefits (HealthDay)
Source: Y! Health News Search RSS Feed [2009.11.13]
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Tiny capsules could increase
the body's absorption of the yellow curry ingredient curcumin, which is
being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of colon cancer,
psoriasis and Alzheimer's disease.
Muscle Weakness Linked to Alzheimer's Risk in Seniors (HealthDay)
Source: Y! Health Bones, Joints & Muscles News [2009.11.10]
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with weak
muscles may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a
new study.
Early Use of NSAIDs Might Prevent Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
Source: Y! Health HIV & AIDS News [2009.11.10]
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Taking nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from a young age might prevent early
signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a new study in
mice.
More muscle power means lower Alzheimer's risk (Reuters)
Source: Y! Health Bones, Joints & Muscles News [2009.11.09]
Reuters - Older people with stronger muscles are at reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to their weaker peers, a new study shows.
Alzheimer's Society Comment On The Use Of Epilepsy Drugs To Treat Alzheimer's
Source: Epilepsy News From Medical News Today [2009.10.29]
Epilepsy drugs could be developed as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases according to research published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration. The study found that nerve cells lived longer when treated with T-type calcium-channel blockers, which are commonly used to treat epilepsy. 'This study is interesting since other research has shown that anti-convulsant drugs reduce the tangles of proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease.
Protein Inhibitor Helps Rid Brain Of Toxic Tau Protein
Source: Huntingtons Disease News From Medical News Today [2009.09.30]
Inhibiting the protein Hsp70 rapidly reduces brain levels of tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease when it builds up abnormally inside nerve cells affecting memory, neuroscientists at the University of South Florida found. The study is reported online today in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Practical Advice For Unraveling The Genetics Of Complex Human Diseases: New Book
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2009.09.15]
Many human diseases - including Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, cancer, and cardiovascular disease - are caused by multiple genetic variants and the interaction of those variants with the environment. Because such diseases lack a clear-cut inheritance pattern, sophisticated technological approaches and statistical analyses are required to determine their underlying cause.
Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease
Source: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News From Medical News Today [2009.06.18]
University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food supply. Friedland and his co-authors suggest farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease--commonly known as mad cow disease--if they are fed byproducts rendered from cows.
Gene Key To Alzheimer's-Like Reversal In Mice Identified By MIT-Led Team
Source: Huntingtons Disease News From Medical News Today [2009.05.07]
A team led by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has now pinpointed the exact gene responsible for a 2007 breakthrough in which mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease regained long-term memories and the ability to learn.
New Piece In Alzheimer's Puzzle Discovered By Yale Researchers
Source: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News From Medical News Today [2009.02.26]
Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease. In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal Nature, the Yale team reports that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which amyloid-beta peptides block brain function in Alzheimer's patients. "It has been a black box," said Stephen M.
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