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New multitarget molecule designed with high potential in future treatments...

ScienceDaily (June 4, 2012) ? Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have developed a multitarget...

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New multitarget molecule designed with high potential in future treatments...

ScienceDaily (June 4, 2012) ? Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have developed a multitarget...

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Alzheimer’s disease spreads through linked nerve cells, brain imaging studies...

ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2012) ? Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia may spread within nerve networks in the brain by moving directly between connected neurons, instead of in other ways...

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Chronic inflammation in the brain leads the way to Alzheimer’s disease

ScienceDaily (July 2, 2012) ? Research published July 2 in Biomed Central’s open access journal Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop...

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Types of Medications For Memory Loss ~ALZHEIMER’S / DEMENTIA

Although current medications cannot cure Alzheimer’s or stop it from progressing, they may help lessen symptoms, such as memory loss and confusion, for a limited time. The U.S. Food and Drug...

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Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s symptoms vary. The stages below provide a general idea of how abilities change during the course of the disease. Stage 1: No impairment Stage 2: Very mild decline Stage 3: Mild decline...

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Treatment Horizon & The Hope for Future Drugs – ALZHEIMER’s / DEMENTIA-

Currently, there are five FDA-approved Alzheimer’s drugs that treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s — temporarily helping memory and thinking problems in about half of the people who take them. But these...

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Junk Food Rots Your Brain, Increases Risk of Dementia

New research now suggests junk food can negatively affect your memory. BY NIKKI TUCKER via Medical Daily.Com Junk food is accessible almost everywhere in the world. It is one of the leading causes of...

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ALZHEIMERS: Advances in Brain Imaging

With the latest technological advances, Brain Imaging Devices such as the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), are now available to assist scientists in analyzing the inside of the human brain with...

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Brain Pacemaker May Treat Alzheimer’s [via Mashables]

Last month, surgeons at Johns Hopkins implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient with mild Alzheimer’s, the sixth patient in a multicenter trial of the experimental therapy. The hope...

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Multiple Diseases in the Elderly Has Emerged As a Challenge at Assisted...

It has been revealed in various reports that most of the residents in America’s assisted living centers and retirement homes suffer from not one, but several chronic health problems. This presents a...

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The National Plan for Fighting Alzheimer’s updated

HHS has come out with updates to the National Plan for fighting Alzheimer’s in the country. The plan is based on a revised opinion on the susceptibility of the senior population that lives in assisted...

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Test of Alzheimer’s Drug Gets Large Federal Grant [THe New York Times]

SOURCE: The New York Times -Health In the most significant sign yet of a broad shift in the focus of Alzheimer’s research from treating to preventing the disease, the federal government announced on...

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ALZHEIMER’S NEWS: SPINAL FLUID TEST MAY PREDICT ALZHEIMER’S

Tests on brain and spinal fluid could soon mean earlier treatment for Alzheimer’s disease—years before the first symptoms of memory loss, researchers report. Such an early warning test would allow...

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Dementia: The global pandemic

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The 7 stages of Alzheimer’s

My mom passed away from this terrible brain disease called “alzheimer’s.”  Sadly, another very close relative has also been afflicted with this deadly disease and is now on stage 7.  My family’s...

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Types of Medications For Memory Loss ~ALZHEIMER’S / DEMENTIA

Although current medications cannot cure Alzheimer’s or stop it from progressing, they may help lessen symptoms, such as memory loss and confusion, for a limited time. The U.S. Food and Drug...

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Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s symptoms vary. The stages below provide a general idea of how abilities change during the course of the disease. Stage 1: No impairment Stage 2: Very mild decline Stage 3: Mild decline...

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