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Alzheimer's Disease

Stress, Social Activity Affect Demential Risk
January 22, 2009 06:24 AM
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New research released by the American Academy of Neurologists shows that people who are not easily distressed, sociable and active face a notably lowered risk of dementia.

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Waist Measurement Linked to Alzheimer's
March 27, 2008 11:34 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

A spare tire in your forties can lead to a loose screw in your seventies, shows a new study. A new study of 6,583 people age 40 to 45 has found that those with the largest waist circumferences were almost three times as likely to develop dementia 36 years later.

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New MRI Test for Alzheimer's Boasts 96 Percent Accuracy
February 24, 2008 10:39 AM
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British researchers have developed a new test for Alzheimer's Disease that can identify the disease almost instantly, with near-perfect results.

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PsychBriefs: September 23-29, 2007
September 28, 2007 07:11 AM
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Could Alzheimer's Be "Type III" Diabetes? New research from Northwestern University researchers shows that Amyloid beta oglimers in the brain of Alzheimer's patients remove insulin receptors from nerve cells, rendering neurons insulin resistent, thereby dis...

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Caregiver Stress Hastens Aging At Chromosome-Level
September 20, 2007 11:41 AM
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The catchphrase "stress kills" is no longer just lip service. Stress impacts human beings on a core molecular level that may shorten lives up to eight years, reveals research by Ohio State University's Ronald Glaser and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser. It comes d...

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New Vaccine Battles Proteins Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
August 23, 2007 09:11 AM
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Scientists have successfully used a vaccine to suppress strings of the pathological form of tau protein thought to form "tangles" in the brain, leading to Alzheimer's disease. The vaccine encourages the immune system to battle these tangles by introducing f...

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Prior Adult Day Care Experience Protects Against Accelerated Cognitive Decline Normally Experienced By Alzheimer's Patients In Nursing Homes
June 12, 2007 05:23 AM
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According to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, prior experience in an adult day setting may lessen the association of nursing home placement with the cognitive decline shown by Alzheimer's patients after such placeme...

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New Explanation Offered For Alzheimer's Progression
May 31, 2007 09:54 AM
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute scientists have posited a new hypothesis for the progression of Alzheimer's disease. They believe an imbalance in the ratio of two Amyloid B-peptides (AB) peptides, AB40 and AB42, cause the disease. "We have found that two ...

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PsychBriefs: April 28-May 4, 2007
May 04, 2007 08:40 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. This week: April 28-May 4, 2007. Mentally Ill Die 25 Years Earlier People treated for serious mental illness in public sys...

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Changes in Brain Structure Can Predict Alzheimer's Years in Advance
April 17, 2007 10:41 AM
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Losses in the brain's gray matter are evident years before the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear, shows research published in the most recent issue of Neurology. Researchers performed brain scans and cognitive tests on 136 cognitively healthy in...

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Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Impairment
April 09, 2007 04:26 AM
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Diabetes is linked to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transitional stage between normal aging and Alzheimer's which may impair memory, language and reasoning. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center interviewed and assessed 91...

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New Alzheimer's Gene Identified
January 15, 2007 04:21 AM
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A five-year study of genetic data has uncovered a new genetic variation linked to Alzheimer's disease. Studying the Alzheimer's-related faulty processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP), researchers found that this was linked with two variations in the S...

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Spinal Fluid May Hold Biomarkers for Alzheimer's
December 15, 2006 07:23 AM
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Preliminary tests by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York have identified a pattern of 23 proteins in spinal fluid which have thusfar identifed Alzheimer's disease with promising accuracy. While further research is necessary, scientists ...

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Marijuana-like Compound Found to Slow Alzheimer's
October 19, 2006 04:32 AM
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Marijuana may slow the brain inflamation believed to contribute to age-related degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, researchers said at the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience yesterday. Using rats with brain inflammation similar t...

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Alzheimer's Drugs Found Ineffective, Dangerous
October 12, 2006 05:57 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

A large-scale clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) shows that Zyprexa, Risperdal and Seroquel, antipsychotics prescribed to treat delusions and aggression associated wit...

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