Thursday, June 30, 2016

Approved HIV drug could ward off Alzheimer’s disease

Mouse studies have shown that small doses of an HIV drug boost the brain’s ability to clear cholesterol. Now, a Case Western Reserve University team has identified how the drug works, suggesting it could be effective in delaying or preventing Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Donated Blood Won't Transmit Alzheimer's

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Swedish study of nearly 1.5 million patients finds no increased risk when blood came from affected people

People who've received a blood transfusion can breathe a bit easier: A new study finds no evidence that degenerative brain disorders can be transmitted via donated blood.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

New Alzheimer's Drugs Offer 'Exciting Possibilities': VIDEO

A batch of new drugs that aim to clear the gunk out of the brains of Alzheimer's patients are providing the best hope yet that it might be possible to slow the disease.

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Monday, June 27, 2016

7 Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

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You can help support your loved one with Alzheimer's by learning more about how the condition unfolds.
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Doctors, patients test possible new Alzheimer's disease drug: VIDEO

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A Cibolo man is participating in a clinical trial that could produce a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease. RVT-101 is being studied as an add-on therapy to donepezil, the most widely used Alzheimer's disease treatment today.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Research finds technique for early detection of Alzheimer's in animals

University of Minnesota researchers have detected changes linked to early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before brain function is impaired, in the retinas of live mice. The work paves the way for a human trial with the technology, which could lead to a noninvasive means of detecting the disease.
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Friday, June 24, 2016

Scientists discover strong link between diabetes and Alzheimer's: Drugs used to control glucose levels may halt progression of dementia

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• Strong link between two conditions raises hope for shared drug treatment
• Drugs used to control glucose levels may remove symptoms of Alzheimer's
• Dementia-related effects in brain can change how the body uses glucose
• Finding may lead to a ‘new therapeutic angle’ in the race to find treatment

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

Understanding how chemical changes in the brain affect Alzheimer's disease

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A new study from Western University is helping to explain why the long-term use of common anticholinergic drugs used to treat conditions like allergies and overactive bladder lead to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life. The findings show that long-term suppression of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine -- a target for anticholinergic drugs -- results in dementia-like changes in the brain.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Can memory loss in Alzheimer's patients be reversed?

A cure for Alzheimer's disease (AD), a condition marked by progressive, debilitating cognitive decline that affects more than million Americans, is the holy grail in disease research. One expert, Dr. Dale Bredesen, a professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and a professor at the Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at UCLA, thinks he might have found a way to reverse memory loss, a hallmark of the disease.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Memory loss in early Alzheimer's reversed with personalized treatment plan

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Researchers have successfully reversed memory loss in a small number of people with early-stage Alzheimer's disease using a comprehensive treatment program, which involves a combination of lifestyle changes, brain stimulation, and medication.
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Monday, June 13, 2016

Cure for Alzheimer's closer

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A treatment to reverse Alzheimer's Disease could be available in five years, it has been revealed.
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Alzheimer’s Medications

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Most people know that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) leads to memory loss and cognitive decline. Most people, however, may not know that many people with AD also suffer with serious behavioral issues. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Approximately 30% to 90% of patients with dementia suffer from behavioral disorders. They include symptoms such as depression, anxiety psychosis, agitation, aggression, disinhibition, and sleep disturbances.”
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Could brain infection set the stage for Alzheimer’s?

There is marked cortical atrophy in Alzheimer's disease, associated with loss of gyri and sulci in the temporal lobe and parietal lobe, and parts of the frontal cortex and cingulate gyrus. Credit: Doctor Jana/Creative Commons

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is the buildup of the protein amyloid-beta in the brain. Several years ago neurobiologist Rob Moir began wondering about the function of amyloid-beta. Surely it couldn’t just be junk, gumming up the brain? His studies on this protein may be overturning some 30 years of assumptions about what causes Alzheimer’s.
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Senate makes monumental commitment to care and support

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Today, the Alzheimer’s Association and its relentless advocates applaud the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee for its commitment to the more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease and their more than 15 million caregivers. In a bipartisan effort, the committee included the Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer’s Act (S. 857) in its funding bill. Since its inception, the Alzheimer’s Association has been intricately involved with its creation and strongly endorsed the HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act upon introduction by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). In the years since its initial introduction, the Alzheimer’s Association and its advocates have made securing bipartisan support for the legislation a key policy priority. As of today, the bipartisan bill has 55 cosponsors in the Senate and a companion bill in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1559), led by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), has 284 cosponsors.
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Obscure Disease May Offer Backdoor to New Treatments for Alzheimer's and Other Killers

Research on Alzheimer’s has focused largely on another protein called amyloid beta, which clusters into “plaques” in the brain. But there is growing interest in tau’s role.  Credit: GerryShaw via Wikimedia Commons CC by 4.0

Progressive supranuclear palsy has become a test bed for therapies aimed at the tau protein thought to be behind many devastating neurodegenerative disorders

About 100 times rarer than Parkinson’s, and often mistaken for it, progressive supranuclear palsy afflicts fewer than 20,000 people in the U.S.—and two thirds do not even know they have it. Yet this little-known brain disorder that killed comic actor Dudley Moore in 2002 is quietly becoming a gateway for research that could lead to powerful therapies for a range of intractable neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disorder linked to concussions and head trauma. All these diseases share a common feature: abnormal buildup of a protein called tau in the brains of patients.

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My Alzheimer's fight: Adjust, adapt, push on

My right thumb has developed a mind of its own.
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Savvy Senior: The new MIND diet may help prevent Alzheimer's

Dear Savvy Senior, I've heard that there's a new diet that can help prevent Alzheimer's disease. What can you tell me about this? My 80-year-old mother has Alzheimer's and I want to do everything I can to protect myself. — Concerned Daughter
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New Research Reveals a Surprising Early Symptom of Alzheimer's

If you rely on GPS for everything, take note.

We've all heard the stories of the grandma who got lost on her way home from the grocery store, or the great uncle who relies on GPS for the drive to his weekly doctor's appointment, but now there's research to back up the anecdotal evidence that trouble finding your way around may indicate a much bigger problem.
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Researchers studying link between Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

When Ruth Russi was born with Down syndrome in 1959, her parents were told she would die before her fifth birthday. By the time Ruth turned 50, John and June Russi of Costa Mesa, Calif., began to prepare for her outliving them.
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Researchers Develop Super Accurate Blood Test to Detect Alzheimer's Disease in Early Stage

Researchers have developed an extremely accurate new blood test capable of detecting an early stage of Alzheimer’s disease.
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