Scientists discover zinc link to a leading cause of blindness
An international research team including scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the Galveston-based spinoff Neurobiotex, Inc.Comment
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Denise Koch Dances For Alzheimer's Research
BALTIMORE If you think "Dancing With the Stars" is big on TV, wait until Denise Koch and husband Jack Phippin take to the dance floor at Saturday night's Memory Ball.Comment
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New way to help Alzheimer s patients in Southeast Texas
It`s called "Safe Return" and it`s to insure your loved one`s identity isn`t lost.Comment
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Stay socially active to avoid Alzheimer's: report
Staying active socially may help prevent Alzheimer's disease in the elderly, say US researchers.Comment
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Wandering Is Health Risk For 1 In 5 Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Patients
In a study involving over 15,000 cognitively impaired VA nursing home patients, researchers from the International Research Consortium on Wandering found that one in five were prone to aimless wandering through nursing home facilities, putting themselves at increased health risk and creating additional strain on nursing staff. This presents a challenging behavior problem and safety issue.
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Legal challenge may be attempt to undermine NICE
A legal challenge against the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence over its decision to restrict the use of drugs for Alzheimer's disease may be an attempt to undermine its processes, warns a ...Comment
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Sarasota's Roskamp Institute Announces Positive Safety Data in Human...
The Roskamp Institute announced today that it has received positive preliminary results in its major clinical study that is testing a promising new drug application for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Comment
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Supercomputer Simulations May Pinpoint Causes Of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Diseases
Using the massive computer-simulation power of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, researchers are zeroing in on the causes of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.
Science daily Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Zinc Link To Leading Cause Of Blindness Has Echoes Of Alzheimer's Disease
An international research team led by scientists at the Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL (University College London), has found high levels of zinc in the deposits in the eye which are a marker of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the elderly in the developed world. The finding, published in the latest edition of Experimental Eye Research, contributes to a better understanding of AMD and could influence the development of effective treatments.
Science daily Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Exercise May Boost Memory
Title: Exercise May Boost MemoryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/23/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/23/2007
MedicineNet Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Sarasota's Roskamp Institute Announces Positive Safety Data In Human Clinical Study For Alzheimer's Disease
The Roskamp Institute announced today that it has received positive preliminary results in its major clinical study that is testing a promising new drug application for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The clinical study, which was first announced in September, is the first human clinical study conducted by a Florida-based research institute as a result of its own original research.
Medicalnewstoday.com Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Challenging NICE's Restriction For Alzheimer's Drugs May Be Attempt To Undermine Its Processes, UK
According to an editorial written by a senior health economist in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ), a legal challenge against *NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) over its decision to limit the use of drugs for Alzheimer's disease could well be an attempt to undermine its processes. * NICE is the body that decides what treatments are supplied on the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales.
Medicalnewstoday.com Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Alzheimer's Growth Shows Need For Increased FDA Funding
A new estimate by the Alzheimer's Association shows that more than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease -- a 10 percent growth over previous estimates and a number that could more than triple in the coming decades unless new treatments and cures are developed for the debilitating illness.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

NEC Foundation Of America Grant Helps Build Weill Cornell Medical College's Alzheimer's-Friendly Virtual Home
The NEC Foundation of America has awarded a $45,000 grant to the Division of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College to support the development of the Alzheimer's-Friendly Virtual Home, a unique and innovative Web site with graphics-rich information for caregivers on ways to best adapt a home for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD), enhancing their safety and preserving their independence. Most of the 4.
Medicalnewstoday.com Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:00:00 PDT

Predictions of Alzheimer's wave substantiated
The number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease increased by 10% over the past five years, supporting the theory that an "epidemic" of new cases is on its way with as the tidal wave of baby boomers ages, ...Comment
topix.net Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:51:11 GMT

Alzheimer's Hits 5.1 Million Americans
Title: Alzheimer's Hits 5.1 Million AmericansCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/21/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/21/2007
MedicineNet Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Five Million Americans With Alzheimer's Report Says
A new report from the Alzheimer's Association says there are more than 5 million people in the US living with Alzheimer's disease today.This figure is 10 per cent higher than the previous estimate of 4.5 million from five years ago and is based on federal population counts and not new disease studies.
Medicalnewstoday.com Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Alzheimer's Disease Prevalence Rates Rise To More Than Five Million In The United States
The Alzheimer's Association today reports that in 2007 there are now more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer's disease. This number includes 4.9 million people over the age of 65 and between 200,000 and 500,000 people under age 65 with early onset Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This is a 10 percent increase from the previous prevalence nationwide estimate of 4.5 million.
Medicalnewstoday.com Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

More Than 5 Million Americans Now Have Alzheimer's
Confirming the long-standing prediction that Alzheimer's disease will approach epidemic proportions as the U.S. population ages, a new report finds that more than five million Americans are now living with the ...Comment
topix.net Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:19:28 GMT

Alzheimer's cases on the rise
More than 5 million living with disease in U.S.; figure expected to climb More than 5 ...Comment
topix.net Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:35:00 GMT

New Reason To Hit The Gym: Fighting Memory Loss
Research has shown that people who exercise do better on memory tests. Now a new Columbia University Medical Center study explains specifically what exercise does within the brain. Exercise, the researchers found, targets a region of the brain within the hippocampus, known as the dentate gyrus, which underlies normal age-related memory decline that begins around age 30 for most adults.
Science daily Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Medivation Announces Presentation Of Full Top-Line Data From Dimebon(TM) Six-Month Trial At Major International Alzheimer's Disease Conference
Medivation, Inc. (Amex: MDV) today announced that six-month results from its randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 2 efficacy trial of Dimebon(TM) in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease demonstrated that patients treated with Dimebon were significantly improved compared to patients taking placebo on all five efficacy endpoints studied, which assessed cognitive function, memory, ability to perform tasks of daily living, global function and behavior.
Medicalnewstoday.com Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Avid Announces Results Of Av-1 Molecular Imaging Agent For Alzheimer's Disease Presented At AD/PD Meeting
Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Avid), a product-focused molecular imaging company, today announced the presentation of the first results from a clinical study of 18F-AV-1/ZK (AV-1) a novel radiopharmaceutical for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of amyloid plaques in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Principal investigator Dr.
Medicalnewstoday.com Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:00:00 PDT

Misperceptions About Alzheimer's Among African-American And Hispanic Caregivers
African-American and Hispanic caregivers (1) of people with Alzheimer's disease are significantly more likely than caregivers of other races to consider the disease a normal part of the aging process and dismiss its symptoms as part of getting older, according to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's (AFA) second ICAN: Investigating Caregivers' Attitudes and Needs survey.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:00:00 PDT

Modern Imaging For Detecting Alzheimer And Dementia Fight Against Cognitive Decline: 3D Technology Promotes Early Detection / ECR 2007
The older people become, the greater risk they have of sharing the tragic fate of those who remain alive yet are increasingly unaware of the world around them. In industrialised countries, one to six percent of the population over the age of 65 and an even more alarming ten to twenty percent over the age of 80 suffer a progressive loss of their cognitive abilities.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

New Hope For Parkinson's in Understanding Causes Of Cell Death
Uncontrolled neuronal death in the brain often gives rise to neurodegenerative illnesses like Parkinson or Alzheimer disease. Whether or not neurons have a long and healthy life is, apart from other factors, determined by the presence of neurotrophic factors. Scientists have now provided unambiguous proof that the presence of the neurotrophic factor GDNF and its receptor Ret are essential for the survival of neurons in a specific brain region.
Science daily Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Computer Predicts Wishes Of Incapacitated Patients Better Than Family Or Loved Ones
When a person fails to complete an advance directive and becomes incapacitated by illness or injury, doctors typically ask the patient's loved one to predict what treatment the patient would have wanted. But a paper in PLoS Medicine reports that a computer-based decision tool can predict a patient's treatment wishes better than a loved one.
Science daily Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Imaging Compound IDs Telltale Signs of Alzheimer's
Title: Imaging Compound IDs Telltale Signs of Alzheimer'sCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/14/2007 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/14/2007
MedicineNet Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Facts About Thallium Poisoning
Title: Facts About Thallium PoisoningCategory: Doctor's ViewsCreated: 3/14/2007Last Editorial Review: 3/14/2007
MedicineNet Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT


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