Alzheimer's treatments: What's on the horizon?
Current Alzheimer's treatments temporarily improve symptoms of memory loss and problems with thinking and reasoning.
Nov 6, 2019
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Current Alzheimer's treatments temporarily improve symptoms of memory loss and problems with thinking and reasoning.
Nov 6, 2019
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A protein that is linked with Alzheimer's Disease has been found to be more likely to affect certain parts of brain cells that send messages than other parts of the cells.
Oct 24, 2019
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Even before a dementia diagnosis, people with mild cognitive impairment may have different changes in the brain depending on what type of dementia they have, according to a study published in the September 11, 2019, online ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease isn't something you must either passively accept or dread, a panel of doctors and scientific experts told an audience of more than 500.
Aug 29, 2019
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Over a hundred years after they were first identified, two ominous signposts of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain central topics of research—both formed by sticky accumulations of protein in the brain. Amyloid beta solidifies ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, is characterized by plaques and tangles in the brain, with most efforts at finding a cure focused on these abnormal structures. But a University of ...
Aug 12, 2019
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Beta-amyloid plaques, the protein aggregates that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, disrupt many brain functions and can kill neurons. They can also damage the blood-brain barrier—the normally tight border that ...
Aug 12, 2019
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Many people who have problems with their memory, especially if they are elderly, worry that they have Alzheimer's disease, which afflicts at least 5.5 million people in the U.S. and brings tremendous burdens to families as ...
Aug 8, 2019
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Doctors may one day be able to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of severe dementia, and monitor a patient's response to treatment by doing a simple blood test. This is made possible using the APEX ...
Jun 24, 2019
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A substance known as amyloid beta protein gets a lot of attention from scientists. Beta amyloid, as it's also called, is a normal brain protein found in everyone, but for an unknown reason it gunks up in the brains of patients ...
Jun 11, 2019
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