Diabetes drugs may ward off Alzheimer’s
Diabetes drugs may ward off Alzheimer’s
Standard-Speaker, PA - Jul 17, 2006 WASHINGTON – Diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions appear to worsen the risk of Alzheimer s disease but drugs that help regulate blood sugar may help patients
Alzheimer’s Drugs Only Marginally Helpful, Researchers Say
Bloomberg - Jul 19, 2006 July 19 (Bloomberg) — Thomas Finucane, a geriatric specialist, tells his Alzheimer’s patients and their relatives not to get their hopes up when he prescribes
Risk of Alzheimer’s disease higher in people with (pre)-diabetes
Food Consumer, IL - Jul 17, 2006 By Ben Wasserman. 17 July, (foodconsumer.org) Alzheimer’s disease has been linked to type 2 diabetes in early studies. But those
Estrogen Levels May Influence Men’s Alzheimer’s Risk
Forbes - 3 hours ago But the finding that testosterone had no effect on Alzheimer’s risk “conflicts with at least two large epidemiological trials,” both of which found higher risk
Alzheimer’s Patch: Whom Will It Help?
ABC News - Jul 19, 2006 July 19, 2006 A new treatment is in development for Alzheimer’s patients, using a patch to infuse the drug Exelon through patients’ skin.
Blood test can now detect Alzheimer’s
South Asian Women’s Forum, India - 11 hours ago A newly developed blood test to detect Alzheimer’s, which is 90 per cent accurate, is expected to start trials by the end of the year.
Alzheimer’s Researchers Study Patients’ Brains (Update3)
Bloomberg - Jul 17, 2006 July 17 (Bloomberg) — Medical researchers say they are beginning to observe Alzheimer’s disease as it progresses by producing some of the first pictures of