Research Suggests Alzheimer’s Might Be Spread in Similar Ways as Mad Cow...
The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer’s disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob,...
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A team of scientists, led by Johns Hopkins researchers, may have found a way to predict how quickly patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) will lose cognitive function by looking at ratios of two fatty...
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Blood Pressure Drugs May Delay Alzheimer’s or Even Completely Prevent the...
Within the next 20 years it is expected the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) will double from its current figure of half a million to one million. A new study has looked at whether...
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Estrogen Supplements May Protect Women From Alzheimer’s Disease | Alzheimer’s...
As debate continues to rage over the risks and benefits of hormone therapy, emerging medical evidence suggests certain women who take estrogen to relieve menopausal symptoms could be protected from...
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Some Memory Changes in Aging Brain are Normal
Dementia and its evil twin, Alzheimer’s, may have moved ahead of cancer on the list of most feared diseases, especially among baby boomers, who have begun to believe it is their inescapable fate if...
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Oregon Tax Check Off Information For Alzheimer’s Research
Help Oregon discover new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease! To advance important Alzheimer’s research in our state, Oregon health care professionals and medical researchers have established The Oregon...
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Treatment Options For People With Alzheimer’s Disease
There are more than 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. According to the Alzheimer’s Association,...
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New Treatment Reduces A Key Alzheimer’s Disease Protein By A Staggering 90...
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most terrifying things that can happen to people: staying physically healthy but losing their mental capacity. And now, a new treatment shows great promise in...
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Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Positive Results In Mild Cases
Combined results from two studies of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug suggest it might modestly slow mental decline, especially in patients with mild disease. Taken separately, the studies on the drug...
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Alzheimer’s Disease: Could The Issue Affect The Election?
While many voters are focused on the economy, national security, education or Social Security in this presidential election year, Alzheimer’s research advocates are hoping to put the disease front and...
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