News tagged with alzheimer s disease
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Mystery ingredient in coffee boosts protection against Alzheimer's disease
A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverage's caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer's disease. A new Alzheimer's mouse study by researchers ...
Health
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Natural Alzheimer's weapon suggests better treatment
Scientists have shown a molecular chaperone is working like a waste management company to collect and detoxify high levels of toxic amyloid beta peptide found in Alzheimer's disease.
Medical research
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Three postulates to help identify the cause of Alzheimer's disease
After more than 100 years following its pathologic description, the cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains unknown. To test the validity of present and future proposals related to the probable cause of AD, three postulates, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Brain iron as an early predictor of Alzheimer's disease
Early and correct diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is important for reasons that go beyond treatment. These include more time to make critical life decisions, planning for future care, and maximizing ...
Neuroscience
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Several methods for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease developed by European scientists
PredictAD is an EU-funded research project that develops objective and efficient methods for enabling earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Diagnosis requires a holistic view of the patient combining information from ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Dietary changes appear to affect levels of biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease
Following a low–saturated fat and low–glycemic index diet appears to modulate the risk of developing dementia that proceeds to Alzheimer's disease (AD), although making a switch to this dietary pattern may not protect ...
Neuroscience
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Drugs being developed to tackle CJD could also help block Alzheimer's, research shows
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council UK (MRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have identified two antibodies which could help block the onset of Alzheimer's disease in the brain.
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Jun 08, 2011 |
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Molecular imaging for Alzheimer's disease may be available in hospitals within a year
Researchers the world over are advancing positron emission tomography (PET) as an effective method of early detection for Alzheimer's disease, a currently incurable and deadly neurological disorder. Three studies presented ...
Medical research
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Potential new drug candidate found for Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the Medical University of South Carolina and American Life Science Pharmaceuticals of San Diego have demonstrated that oral administration of a cysteine protease inhibitor, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 31, 2011 |
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Arrowing in on Alzheimer's disease
Recently the number of genes known to be associated with Alzheimer's disease has increased from four to eight, including the MS4A gene cluster on chromosome 11. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 30, 2011 |
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New study identifies compounds that could slow down Alzheimer's disease
A family of naturally occurring plant compounds could help prevent or delay memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Medical research
May 26, 2011 |
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Stress may increase risk for Alzheimer's disease
Stress promotes neuropathological changes that are also seen in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have discovered that the increased release of stress hormones in rats leads ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2011 |
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Shedding light on Alzheimer's
Cardiff researchers have uncovered a molecular interaction that could not only help understand the causes of Alzheimer’s, but also shed light on how life began.
Medical research
May 25, 2011 |
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New protein linked to Alzheimer's disease
After decades of studying the pathological process that wipes out large volumes of memory, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered a molecule called c-Abl that has a known role in leukemia also ...
Medical research
May 24, 2011 |
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Early-onset Alzheimer's not always associated with memory loss
(Medical Xpress) -- In a recent study published in the journal Neurology, scientists say that individuals who develop early-onset Alzheimer's in middle age are at a high risk of being misdiagnosed because many of their initia ...
Neuroscience
May 19, 2011 |
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