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Alzheimer's markers predict start of mental decline

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped identify many of the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that could potentially predict which patients will develop the disorder ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop drug that slows Alzheimer's in mice

A drug developed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, known as J147, reverses memory deficits and slows Alzheimer's disease in aged mice following short-term treatment. The findings, ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 13, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study (Update)

Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family history of Alzheimer's associated with abnormal brain pathology

Close family members of people with Alzheimer's disease are more than twice as likely as those without a family history to develop silent buildup of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers key factor in Alzheimer's progression

(Medical Xpress)—A new study from researchers at the University of Florida may have uncovered a critical factor that drives the relentless progression of Alzheimer's disease ― a discovery that could eventually slow its ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic markers ID second Alzheimer's pathway

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a new set of genetic markers for Alzheimer's that point to a second pathway through which the disease develops.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Forget about plaque when diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease

(Medical Xpress)—An Australian study has shown that plaque, long considered to be the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, is one of the last events to occur in the Alzheimer's brain. This finding will impact the current debate ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Uncontrolled hypertension could bring increased risk for Alzheimer's disease

A study in the JAMA Neurology (formerly the Archives of Neurology) suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life may limit or delay the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's d ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep loss precedes Alzheimer's symptoms

Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early Alzheimer's disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other cognitive problems characteristic of full-blown disease, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drugs targeting blood vessels may be candidates for treating Alzheimer's

(Medical Xpress)—University of British Columbia researchers have successfully normalized the production of blood vessels in the brain of mice with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by immunizing them with amyloid beta, a protein ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research illuminates molecular mechanism for why stimulating environment may protect against Alzheimer's disease

"Use it or lose it." The saying could apply especially to the brain when it comes to protecting against Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies have shown that keeping the mind active, exercising and social interactions may ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Green tea extract interferes with the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify possible treatment window for memory problems

Researchers have identified a possible treatment window of several years for plaques in the brain that are thought to cause memory loss in diseases such as Alzheimer's. The Mayo Clinic study is published in the Feb. 27 online ...

Neuroscience created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Genome-wide imaging study identifies new gene associated with Alzheimer's plaques

A study combining genetic data with brain imaging, designed to identify genes associated with the amyloid plaque deposits found in Alzheimer's disease patients, has not only identified the APOE gene—long ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vascular brain injury greater risk factor than amyloid plaques in cognitive aging

Vascular brain injury from conditions such as high blood pressure and stroke are greater risk factors for cognitive impairment among non-demented older people than is the deposition of the amyloid plaques in the brain that ...

Neuroscience created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast