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Drug Shows Promise Against Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, an experimental drug has been shown to curb both forms of brain lesions found in Alzheimer's disease -- at least in mice.
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Alzheimer's Researchers Search for Volunteers
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are looking for 800 older adults to join a study aimed at identifying biological markers of memory decline and Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's Researchers Search for Volunteers
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are looking for 800 older adults to join a study aimed at identifying biological markers of memory decline and Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's decline faster in more educated people
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Reuters - The rate of mental decline seen
with in patients with Alzheimer's disease is directly related
to the educational level of the affected individual, according
to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and
Psychiatry.
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Exercise, Learning Help Shield Against Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Being good to your heart and making the right lifestyle choices -- exercising, learning new things, and staying socially connected -- may help keep your brain healthy as you grow older, researchers conclude.
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Exercise, Learning Help Shield Against Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Being good to your heart and making the right lifestyle choices -- exercising, learning new things, and staying socially connected -- may help keep your brain healthy as you grow older, researchers conclude.
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Alzheimer's Progresses More Quickly in the Highly Educated
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Research suggests that people with higher educational levels may be able to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
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Health Tip: There's No Cure for Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that, over time, seriously impairs a person's ability to carry out daily activities. It is a form of dementia, whose symptoms include memory loss and changes in personality, mood and behavior.
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Health Tip: There's No Cure for Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that, over time, seriously impairs a person's ability to carry out daily activities. It is a form of dementia, whose symptoms include memory loss and changes in personality, mood and behavior.
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Genes Play Major Role in Alzheimer's Risk: Study
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Genes may play a much bigger role in Alzheimer's disease than previously thought, a new study involving twins suggests.
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Genes Play Major Role in Alzheimer's Risk: Study
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Genes may play a much bigger role in Alzheimer's disease than previously thought, a new study involving twins suggests.
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Alzheimer's has genetic cause in most cases: study
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AFP - A new study of nearly 12,000 twins shows that Alzheimer's has a genetic cause in up to 80 percent of cases, researchers said.
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Spinal Fluid Molecules May Predict Alzheimer's Disease
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of certain molecules in cerebrospinal fluid might identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Swedish neurologists report.
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Spinal Fluid Molecules May Predict Alzheimer's Disease
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of certain molecules in cerebrospinal fluid might identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Swedish neurologists report.
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Biomarkers may be early Alzheimer's signs -study
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Reuters - Substances in cerebrospinal fluid could
be used to diagnose elderly people with early signs of
Alzheimer's disease, scientists said on Monday.
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Brain tangles linked to gait impairment in elderly
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Reuters - Brain lesions known as
neurofibrillary tangles, such as those seen in Alzheimer's
disease, are also associated with impaired gait in older
subjects with or without dementia, according to a postmortem
study.
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UK to rule Monday if Alzheimer's drugs worth using
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Reuters - Britain's cost-effectiveness healthcare
watchdog NICE says it will rule on Monday whether Alzheimer's
drugs that can help, but not cure, some patients should
continue to be used within the state health service.
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Researchers Find Another Origin for Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- New findings on the origins of Alzheimer's disease, if confirmed, could turn prevailing theories on their heads, researchers contend.
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Researchers Find Another Origin for Alzheimer's
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- New findings on the origins of Alzheimer's disease, if confirmed, could turn prevailing theories on their heads, researchers contend.
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Scientists Close in on Alzheimer's Genes
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's may just have gotten a little clearer.
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Scientists Close in on Alzheimer's Genes
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's may just have gotten a little clearer.
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Obesity linked to Alzheimer's disease protein
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Reuters - As body fat increases, so do
blood levels of a protein fragment linked to Alzheimer's
disease, a new study shows, which may begin to explain the
recently reported association between obesity and the
brain-wasting disease.
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Drug Slows Alzheimer's Progression
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A drug approved to treat moderate to severe forms of Alzheimer's disease appears to slow progression of the illness by nearly 50 percent for up to one year, a new study found.
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Drug Slows Alzheimer's Progression
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A drug approved to treat moderate to severe forms of Alzheimer's disease appears to slow progression of the illness by nearly 50 percent for up to one year, a new study found.
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Pond scum could help cure brain disease, say Swiss scientists
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AFP - Blue-green algae that thrives in ponds and sewage reservoirs has potential for treating the debilitating Alzheimer's brain disease.
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