Alzheimer's Disease:
Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms, Articles on Alzheimers Disease and Treatment, Alzheimer's care and information.
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Jun 10th, 2005
New therapies give scientists new hope for being able to detect and treat symptoms of Alzheimer's disease during the early stages of its development.
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Jun 4th, 2005
Finding Could Have Implications for Alzheimer's Disease.
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May 25th, 2005
Training the body's immune system to fight back against Alzheimer's disease may still offer a promising option for slowing or even preventing the tragic brain disorder.
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May 25th, 2005
People with very mild Alzheimer's disease are still competent to make decisions about their treatment, while those with moderate Alzheimer's may not.
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May 5th, 2005
In a study of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), those who took the drug donepezil were at reduced risk of progressing to a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
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Apr 28th, 2005
Physical activity appears to inhibit Alzheimer's like brain changes in mice, slowing the development of a key feature of the disease.
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Apr 15th, 2005
Researchers have identified a single gene that influences the age at which individuals first show symptoms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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Apr 14th, 2005
The genes that influence the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease may vary over the course of an individual's lifetime.
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Apr 12th, 2005
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia among Americans over the age of 80. Donepezil is one of four drugs currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
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Mar 5th, 2005
Mutations that raise the risk of Alzheimer's have been found in four genes. Researchers expect that several additional genes that affect the risk of developing Alzheimer's may be found.