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Alzheimer's Disease
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Stress, Social Activity Affect Demential Risk 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. Continue reading Stress, Social Activity Affect Demential Risk
Waist Measurement Linked to Alzheimer's 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. Continue reading Waist Measurement Linked to Alzheimer's
New MRI Test for Alzheimer's Boasts 96 Percent Accuracy British researchers have developed a new test for Alzheimer's Disease that can identify the disease almost instantly, with near-perfect results. Continue reading New MRI Test for Alzheimer's Boasts 96 Percent Accuracy
PsychBriefs: September 23-29, 2007 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... Continue reading PsychBriefs: September 23-29, 2007
Caregiver Stress Hastens Aging At Chromosome-Level 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... Continue reading Caregiver Stress Hastens Aging At Chromosome-Level
New Vaccine Battles Proteins Linked to Alzheimer's Disease 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... Continue reading New Vaccine Battles Proteins Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
Prior Adult Day Care Experience Protects Against Accelerated Cognitive Decline Normally Experienced By Alzheimer's Patients In Nursing Homes 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... Continue reading Prior Adult Day Care Experience Protects Against Accelerated Cognitive Decline Normally Experienced By Alzheimer's Patients In Nursing Homes
New Explanation Offered For Alzheimer's Progression 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 ... Continue reading New Explanation Offered For Alzheimer's Progression
PsychBriefs: April 28-May 4, 2007 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... Continue reading PsychBriefs: April 28-May 4, 2007
Changes in Brain Structure Can Predict Alzheimer's Years in Advance 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... Continue reading Changes in Brain Structure Can Predict Alzheimer's Years in Advance
Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Impairment 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... Continue reading Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Impairment
New Alzheimer's Gene Identified 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... Continue reading New Alzheimer's Gene Identified
Spinal Fluid May Hold Biomarkers for Alzheimer's 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 ... Continue reading Spinal Fluid May Hold Biomarkers for Alzheimer's
Marijuana-like Compound Found to Slow Alzheimer's 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... Continue reading Marijuana-like Compound Found to Slow Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Drugs Found Ineffective, Dangerous 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... Continue reading Alzheimer's Drugs Found Ineffective, Dangerous |
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