Cold sore virus might play role in Alzheimer's disease
A gene known to be a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease puts out the welcome mat for the virus that causes cold sores.
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Alzheimer's pain poorly treated, research shows
People with Alzheimer's disease have the same pain threshold as people without the disease, but have great difficulty communicating the level of pain they are experiencing.
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New Method Identifies People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Abnormal brain protein deposits that define Alzheimer's disease can be detected in mild cognitive impairment, a condition that increases the risk for developing Alzheimer's and affects 15 to 20 million Americans.
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Androgen therapy may slow progress of Alzheimer's disease
Experiments suggest that treatment of Alzheimer's disease with male sex hormones might slow its progression.
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A New Way To Target Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers hope to slow or even prevent the development of Alzheimer's by reducing or preventing the aggregation of amyloid beta.
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Novel Program Enhances Dementia Caregivers' Quality Of Life
A multifaceted, personalized intervention can significantly improve the quality of life for caregivers of people with dementia.
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More Insight into Alzheimer's Disease With Discovery of Possible Cause
The finding offers an insight into how humans may develop Alzheimer's, and eventually provide possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
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Higher Level of Certain Fatty Acid Associated With Lower Dementia Risk
Individuals with higher levels of a fatty acid known as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in their blood may have a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's Disease Discovered 100 Years Ago, Still Remains Mystery
100 years ago when Dr. Alzheimer performed the woman's autopsy, he found a dramatically shrunken brain and unusual abnormalities in and around cells.
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Alzheimer's Blood Test Development
Blood markers may identify Alzheimer's desease earlier than symptoms arrive, thus indicating an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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FDA Approves Expanded Use of Treatment for Patients With Severe Alzheimer's Disease
FDA approval makes Aricept the first product approved for the treatment of all degrees of severity of Alzheimer's disease.
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FDA Approves ARICEPT for Treatment of Severe Alzheimer's Disease
Aricept is the first and only treatment approved for the full spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease: from mild, moderate to severe symptoms.
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Antipsychotic Medications Used to Treat Alzheimer's Patients Found Lacking
Commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications used to treat Alzheimer's patients with delusions, aggression, hallucinations, and other similar symptoms can benefit some patients, but they appear to be no more effective than a placebo.
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Little Benefit From Antipsychotics In Alzheimer's
Side effects for 3 major drugs for Alzheimer's disease treatment cause many to discontinue use.
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Mediterranean Diet May Prevent Alzheimer's
A Mediterranean style diet, which spares on red meat and heavy on fruits, vegetables, and olive oil, may help to fend off Alzheimer's disease.
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Optics Tests For Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis Make Significant Advances
Very early detection of Alzheimer's, potential low cost to be discussed at meeting.
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Chemical Found In Curry May Help Immune System Clear Amyloid Plaques Found In Alzheimer's Disease
curcumin may help the immune system clear the brain of amyloid beta, which form the plaques found in Alzheimer's disease.
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Microscopic Brain Damage Detected In Early Alzheimer's Disease
This method may enable earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, allowing earlier intervention to slow down Alzheimer's disease progression.
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Insulin Receptor Stops Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease patients could be treated in early phases of the disease.
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Enzyme Shreds Alzheimer's Protein
Drugs to enhance CatB activity could break down amyloid deposits, counteracting one of the central pathologies of Alzheimer's disease.
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Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine Reduces The Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Moderate red wine drinking in a form of Cabernet Sauvignon may reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.
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Memory Loss May Be First Sign of Dementia
Early memory lapses could warn of Alzheimer's and signal brain tissue loss.
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Juices May Reduce Alzheimer's Disease Risk
People who drank three or more servings of fruit and vegetable juices per week had a 76 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
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Stress Significantly Hastens Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Not only is stress management an important factor in treating Alzheimer's disease, but that physicians should pay close attention to the pharmaceutical products they prescribe for their elderly patients.
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Mutations in The Progranulin Gene Cause Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia, the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, is a group of brain disorders that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which control personality and speech.
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Experts Review Current and Future Approaches To Dementia Diagnosis
Given that Alzheimer's disease and most of the other dementias have specific biologic findings at autopsy, one would think that the clinical diagnoses would be very straightforward. Not so.
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Increasingly Forgetful? Learn The Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
While Alzheimer's is a progressive disease with no known cure, drugs may slow the progression of the disease or improve symptoms.
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New Biomarkers Could Help Doctors Spot Alzheimer's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in their early stages can be difficult for physicians to spot, and many diagnoses are incorrect.
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Toward Mechanism of Age-Onset Toxicity of Alzheimer's Protein
Like most neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease usually appears late in life, raising the question of whether it is a disastrous consequence of aging.
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High Estrogen Levels Associated With Dementia in Older Men
As our population ages, the impact of dementia will grow. By the year 2050, some 13 million Americans could have Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common cause of dementia.
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Diabetes Drug May Also Treat Alzheimer's Disease
Millions of people with Alzheimer's Disease could benefit from a treatment that is being used for high blood sugar.
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Early Clue to Alzheimer's Disease
Early symptoms of the development of Alzheimer's disease can be seen in the cerebrospinal fluid of middle aged adults who are genetically predisposed to the neurologic condition.
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Researchers Get Closer To Preventing Alzheimer's Disease
Research provides direction for preventative treatments to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease dementia by eliminating amyloid plaque causing peptides in the brain.
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Memory Loss Affects More of The Brain Than Previously Thought
Memory loss associated with early Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be linked to altered activity in several areas of the brain.
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Calorie Restriction May Prevent Alzheimer's
Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease may be calmed by experimental dietary regimens.
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A Sweet Solution to Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer's disease is probably going to be treated by a cocktail of drugs.
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Lower Levels of Physical Performance Associated with Increased Risk of Dementia
Poor physical function may be associated with an increased risk for dementia and Alzheimer's disease in elderly adults.
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Potential New Treatment Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease
In preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative conditions of the nervous system several new compounds that could play a role.
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Pin1 Enzyme Key in Preventing Alzheimer's Onset
Finding offers important new insights into the molecular events that lead to Alzheimer's as research works to develop therapies for the treatment of this widespread disease.
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Blood Clots May Hold Key To Treating Dementia
Cerebral emboli as a potential cause of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
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