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... Although most dementia cases are accounted for by Alzheimer's disease, there are other forms of dementia, including one that ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2016 - 7:43am - 0 attachments

... to naturally really delay the onset of symptoms, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. To answer that question, Goodfellow ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 21 2016 - 8:43am - 0 attachments

... a single condition. This is often the case even when an Alzheimer's diagnosis has been given, say the researchers. A team led by ... all of which can bring on dementia. These included Alzheimer's disease, Lewy bodies, hippocampal sclerosis, microinfarcts, and low ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 21 2016 - 8:43am - 0 attachments

In a cutting-edge treatment for Alzheimer's disease, EPFL scientists have developed an implantable capsule that ... against the disease. One of the hypothesized causes of Alzheimer's is the over-accumulation of the protein amyloid beta (Abeta) in ... mice - a genetic line that is commonly used to simulate Alzheimer's disease - showed dramatic reduction of Abeta plaque load. Indeed, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2016 - 3:08pm - 0 attachments

... often used as an animal model for the study of Alzheimer's disease. These mice exhibit many of the same symptoms as people with Alzheimer's, such as the deposition of protein plaques in the brain, ... benefit people with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. "Pyruvate supplementation may prove beneficial ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2016 - 6:44am - 0 attachments

... in areas of the brain that show the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the March 16, 2016, ... against loss of verbal memory before the effects of Alzheimer's disease kick in. Because verbal memory tests are used to diagnose ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2016 - 9:51pm - 0 attachments

... rates of cognitive decline in people with early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Periodontitis or gum disease is common in older people and may become more common in Alzheimer's disease because of a reduced ability to take care of oral hygiene ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2016 - 8:48pm - 0 attachments

... conditions, including sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Neena Singh, MD, PhD, a ... In her latest study, published in The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease , Singh and post-doctoral research fellow Ajai K. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2016 - 8:01pm - 0 attachments

... effects against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But some other chemical component of coffee ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2016 - 7:39pm - 0 attachments

The cover of Time magazine 3/2/15 features an Anglo baby (so remarkably cute one wonders whether he isn't a computer generated composite of everything we like about babies) with the statement (not question, statement) THIS BABY COULD LIVE TO BE 142 YE ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Feb 16 2016 - 12:24pm - 0 attachments