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When Is It Dementia Rather Than Just Old Age?

... Chester and Debbie Cadieux Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer’s ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2015 - 9:17am - 0 attachments

Alzheimer's: Tau, Not Amyloid, Is The Primary Driver

... drives the cognitive decline and memory loss seen in Alzheimer's disease. That means amyloid, the other toxic protein that characterizes Alzheimer's and builds up as dementia progresses is not the primary culprit. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2015 - 3:04pm - 0 attachments

Less Than Half: Alzheimer's Diagnosis Disclosure Rates Much Lower Than Other Serious Diseases

The 2015 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report found that only 45 percent of people with Alzheimer's disease or their caregivers were told the diagnosis by their ... cited by health care providers for not disclosing an Alzheimer's diagnosis is fear of causing the patient emotional distress but, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2015 - 8:30am - 0 attachments

When And Where Proteins Are Made Gets Revealed

... and human disease processes including those involved in Alzheimer's disease and other memory-related disorders. "We've ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2015 - 4:07pm - 0 attachments

How Genetic Changes Lead To Familial Alzheimer's Disease

... the most common cause of inherited, early-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease. In a new study, published in Neuron, scientists replaced the normal mouse presenilin-1 gene with Alzheimer's-causing forms of the human gene to discover how these genetic ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2015 - 6:07pm - 0 attachments

59 Percent Of Parents Want To Know Their Disease Risk - And 80 Percent Want Their Kids To Know Also

... disease or carried the gene associated with developing Alzheimer's disease - even if they were risks that wouldn't be relevant for ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2015 - 8:40pm - 0 attachments

Gout Linked To Lower Chances Of Developing Alzheimer's Disease

... the potential impact of gout on the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) amongst the general population. The team conducted ... excluded from the study. Analysis was carried out of Alzheimer's disease amongst adults with gout compared with up to five non-gout ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2015 - 1:49pm - 0 attachments

Tree Leaf Molecule Prevents Weight Gain In Female Mice

... various BDNF-implicated neurological diseases--including Alzheimer's--as well as obesity and diabetes. "This drug has been ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2015 - 12:38pm - 0 attachments

Direct Link Between Insulin Resistance And Behavioral Disorders

... and other neurodegenerative conditions, especially Alzheimer's disease. Clinical studies have shown that patients with Alzheimer's demonstrate reduced levels of certain insulin signaling proteins, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2015 - 9:29am - 0 attachments

'Just Say No' To Behavior-Calming Drugs For Alzheimer Patients

... for drugs to calm the behavior of people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, but non-drug approaches work ... National Institutes of Health, NR014200, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (P50AG005146). (Aging) ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 12:00pm - 0 attachments