Alzheimer’s Protein Tracked in Injured Brains

Posted on August 30, 2008 by jaggerkieth

(TIME – WASHINGTON) — Scientists for the first time have peered into people’s brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer’s disease.
The delicate research was performed not with Alzheimer’s patients but with people suffering severe brain injuries — because a brain injury increases the risk of [...]

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Alzheimer’s Research Holds Promise

Posted on August 1, 2008 by jaggerkieth

When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, there hasn’t been much to celebrate in recent years. Efforts to develop a vaccine against the brain disorder have stalled, and no drugs have been able to reverse the slow death of neurons that robs people of their memories and thoughts. For the first time in many years, however, [...]

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Alzheimer’s drug ‘halts’ decline

Posted on July 30, 2008 by jaggerkieth

UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Trials of the drug, known as rember, in 321 patients showed an 81% difference in rate of mental decline compared with those not taking the treatment.
The Aberdeen University researchers said the drug targeted the build-up of a specific protein in the brain.
Alzheimer’s [...]

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Fit Alzheimer’s Patients Better Off

Posted on July 29, 2008 by jaggerkieth

Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease who performed better on a treadmill test had less atrophy in the areas of the brain that control memory, according to a study released Sunday.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed less shrinkage in the hippocampus region of patients’ brains in the Alzheimer’s patients with higher fitness scores. In [...]

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Drug restores speech in Alzheimer’s

Posted on July 21, 2008 by jaggerkieth

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Alzheimer’s patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that the early findings will raise premature hopes in patients and their families.
The study, reported on Sunday in the journal BioMed Central BMC Neurology, involved 12 patients who had greatly improved language [...]

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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on July 3, 2008 by jaggerkieth

 
Alzheimer’s, a severely devastating disease of the brain that, in an instant, totally robs and erases the person’s memory, is a nightmare everyone fears. When it occurs, it happens so fast like transforming a well-lit room into total darkness with a flip of a switch. The entire memory bank is emptied, turning even a great, [...]

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