December 22, 2006 – 12:04 am
Imaging Compound May Catch Early Alzheimer’sForbes – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) — A new imaging technique could make it possible for doctors to detect Alzheimer’s disease in the brain before extensive damage has taken place, researchers report. A study in the Dec. 21 issue of the New England
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December 20, 2006 – 12:08 am
Possible Alzheimer’s Cure WIFR, IL - Dec 12, 2006 The drug, called alzhemed attacks amyloid peptide, a molecule that causes Alzheimer’s. In mice, the drug clears the molecule from the brain.
Promising Alzheimer’s Clue Found AlaskaReport, AK - Dec 12, 2006 Washington, DC – Imagine the ability to use a simple spinal tap to diagnose Alzheimer’s in [...]
December 17, 2006 – 12:04 am
Scientists make discovery in Alzheimer’sPhysOrg – New results, trial for Alzheimer’s vaccine , May 09, 2005 Alzheimer’s disease now 100 years old , October 30, 2006 British scientists eye breakthrough test for Alzheimers , October 30, 2006 Scientists Develop New Treatments for Alzheimer s
The Facts About Alzheimer’s Disease The Facts [...]
December 16, 2006 – 12:03 am
When Alzheimer’s Strikes CBS News, NY - Dec 13, 2006 All week, the Evening News has been running a series on Alzheimer’s. Patty, it turns out, has early-onset Alzheimer s. She was diagnosed at 51 years old.
Alzheimer’s Precursors Found? Technocrat.net, MA - Dec 11, 2006 Currently there is no way to positively prove an [...]
December 14, 2006 – 12:03 am
Cats Can Get Alzheimer’s: Study Austin American-Statesman – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) — Cats can develop a feline form of Alzheimer’s disease, say U.K. and U.S. researchers who identified a protein that can build up in brain nerve cells and cause mental deterioration. “This newly-discovered protein
Alzheimer’s: New Hope MSNBC – Dec. [...]
December 13, 2006 – 12:03 am
Alzheimer s sufferers should be given drugs News Shopper, UK - Dec 7, 2006 By Sara Nelson. A CAMPAIGNER is calling for the decision to restrict the use of an Alzheimer’s drug to be overturned. Angela Clayton
Column – Pat N. Patrick: Letting loved ones with Alzheimer’s be Amarillo.com (subscription), TX - Dec 10, 2006 [...]
December 8, 2006 – 12:10 am
Chinese scientists help ease Alzheimer’s disease China Daily, China - Nov 27, 2006 A century after German doctor Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) described the first documented case of Alzheimer’s disease — a serious cognitive decline suffered by
What is Alzheimer’s? Times Herald-Record, NY - Dec 5, 2006 Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a group of [...]
November 27, 2006 – 12:05 am
Alzheimer’s drug ban ‘to hit free home care’ Scotsman, United Kingdom - Nov 21, 2006 THE decision to deny Alzheimer’s patients essential drugs will affect Scotland’s ability to provide free personal care, campaigners said yesterday.
Sunnyvale police search for missing Alzheimer’s patient San Jose Mercury News, USA - Nov 19, 2006 The Sunnyvale Department of Public [...]
November 18, 2006 – 12:06 am
Problems possible in Alzheimer treatment United Press International - Nov 16, 2006 16 (UPI) — US researchers have determined an enzyme that produces a toxic protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease is also important for nerve cell myelination
Newly Released Data Stirs Naproxen Debate Washington Post, United States - 4 hours ago 17 online edition [...]
November 14, 2006 – 12:02 am
Neurochem: promising results for next generation Alzheimer’s drug Pharmaceutical Business Review - Nov 06 12:44 PM Phase II trial results for Alzhemed (tramiprosate) demonstrate efficacy in mild Alzheimers disease patients while being both safe and well tolerated. Considering current treatment offers only a modest improvement in symptoms, Alzhemed represents a potentially exciting disease-modifying approach and could potentially [...]