Alzheimer's disease
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Scientists hail HobbieJ as 'cleverest rat'...the Alzheimer's Research Trust said: "This research involving rats may lead to new ways to reduce the risk of developing diseases like Alzheimer's or to ameliorate dementia symptoms. "A treatment involving NR2B may have the potential to slow... In this article: Dementia, NR2B, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Research Trust, University College London, and Medical College of Georgia |
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The Charleston Gazette | 1 day ago
Alzheimers cure is Star Trek technology
...Trek' technology Doctor says researchers focusing on prevention, but treatment still needed CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- New research into Alzheimer's disease has started to focus on preventing the disease, as opposed to treating it, but a...
In this article: Doctor, Charleston, Charleston Civic Center, West Virginia, and Dementia
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National Public Radio | 2 days ago
Judith Fox Turns A Close-Up Lens On Alzheimer's
Judith Fox's new book of photographs is an an intimate portrait of a loved one's submergence into Alzheimer's. I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's is a chronicle of her husband's journey with the disease. Fox's husband, Dr....
In this article: Alzheimer's, Southeast Museum of Photography, San Diego, Museum of Photographic Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Harry Ransom Center, and Austin
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Medical News Today | 2 days ago
Collaboration With University Of Washington Aims To Prevent Dementia, Including Alzheimer's
...Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington (UW) focuses on finding ways to delay or prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, and declines in memory and thinking. It aims to deepen understanding of how the body...
In this article: Dementia, Group Health, University of Washington, Antioxidant, Medical advice, and Fruit
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NBC | 3 days ago
ALZHEIMER'S: Special, Call 4 & Web Chat Tonight
ALZHEIMER'S: Special, Call 4 & Web Chat Tonight NBC 4 broadcasts an Alzheimer's special and hosts a CALL 4 and Web chat with local experts Wednesday. Related Links Participate in a live Web chat with local experts from 7 to 8 p.m....
In this article: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Ohio State University, and NBC
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Analyzing Structural Brain Changes In Alzheimer's Disease
Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying...
In this article: University of California, San Diego, Medical advice, and UC San Diego School Of Medicine
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Chigago Tribune | 3 days ago
AIDS, Alzheimer's vaccine within 5 years?
'Golden era' could bring vaccines against AIDS, Alzheimer's and addictions within 5 years FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, a laboratory technician is seen at a Sanofi-Pasteur production plant manufacturing Panenza, a vaccine for...
In this article: AIDS, Johnson & Johnson, U.S., All rights reserved, H1N1, C. difficile, Dengue fever, Cocaine, and Cervical cancer
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
...MRSA and C. difficile, even ending addiction to cocaine and nicotine. Success on some vaccines in development, particularly for Alzheimer's and AIDS, likely would bring billions a year in sales. Just this fall and early next year, the...
In this article: FLU, Alzheimer's, GlaxoSmithKline, AIDS, Johnson & Johnson, U.S., Cervical cancer, Meningitis, Rotavirus, and Wyeth
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Going high-tech to track Alzheimer's patients
WASHINGTON -- Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls? The Irvine, Calif., woman is about to watch...
In this article: Alzheimer's, Washington, Web-based, University of Rochester, and University of Massachusetts, Boston
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 6 days ago
Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure linked
Alzheimer's disease shares common features with chronic heart failure, according to scientists. Published: 9:00PM GMT 16 Nov 2009 Researchers believe a build-up of similar harmful proteins plays a part in both. In heart muscle,...
In this article: Heart failure, Dog, Desmin, Fatigue, Baltimore, and Orlando, Florida
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in 1901. Generally it is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age, although the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. An estimated 26.6 million people worldwide were afflicted with Alzheimer's in 2006; this number may quadruple by 2050.
Although each sufferer experiences Alzheimer's in a unique way, there are many common symptoms. The earliest observable symptoms are often mistakenly thought to be 'age-related' concerns, or manifestations of stress. In the early stages, the most commonly recognised symptom is memory loss, such as difficulty in remembering recently learned facts. When a doctor or physician has been notified, and AD is suspected, the diagnosis is usually confirmed with behavioural assessments and cognitive tests, often followed by a brain scan if available. As the disease advances, symptoms include confusion, irritability and aggression, mood swings, language breakdown, long-term memory loss, and the general withdrawal of the sufferer as their senses decline. Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death. Individual prognosis is difficult to assess, as the duration of the disease varies. AD develops for an indeterminate period of time before becoming fully apparent, and it can progress undiagnosed for years. The mean life expectancy following diagnosis is approximately seven years. Fewer than three percent of individuals live more than fourteen years after diagnosis.
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