(MedPage Today) -- Also, a novel Alzheimer's therapy deemed unready for prime time
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(MedPage Today) -- But "there's probably a signal here," panelists say
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Toxins produced by blue-green algae that have increasingly polluted Florida waters have been found in dead dolphins that also showed signs of Alzheimer's-like brain disease, according to a new study led by University of Miami researchers.
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A new study challenges the belief that Alzheimer's disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy have identical pathology.
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Biogen shares were crushed in Thursday’s session after the firm announced that it would be discontinuing its late-stage trial for Alzheimer’s disease.
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WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2019 -- Antiepileptic drug (AED) use is not significantly associated with dementia risk in patients in Germany, according to a study published online March 12 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Louis Jacob, Ph.D., from the...
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(MedPage Today) -- FDA panel to consider inconsistent trial data at Thursday meeting
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My college roomie and Best Man is married to a wonderful, vibrant, caring woman who has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. She is fading fast.Deb and Rich recently moved from Connecticut to Florida to see if the change of environment would...
New evidence suggests that a combined light and sound stimulation therapy could boost brain health and improve the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Low levels of amyloid-beta and tau proteins, biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease, in eye fluid were significantly associated with low cognitive scores, according to a new study. These findings indicate that proteins in the eye may be a potential...
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By exposing mice to a unique combination of light and sound, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can improve cognitive and memory impairments similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients. This noninvasive treatment, which works by inducing...
(MedPage Today) -- A life-extending gene variant may protect people at risk for AD
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A study published Wednesday in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease has found that regular consumption of even small portions of a common, versatile, inexpensive vegetable may result in a 50% reduction...
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THURSDAY, March 14, 2019 -- Having affected first-degree, second-degree, or third-degree relatives (FDRs, SDRs, and TDRs) is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study published online March 13 in...
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Playing a flashing white light and a trilling sound reversed signs of Alzheimer’s in mice. Researchers are now trying it in humans
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By exposing mice to a unique combination of light and sound, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can improve cognitive and memory impairments similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients.
This noninvasive treatment, which works by...
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2019 -- A grandparent's mental decline or a great uncle's waning memory may indicate you, too, have greater risk for Alzheimer's disease -- especially if closer relatives have the condition, a new study says.
Alzheimer's in...
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A relatively new and still controversial theory suggests the disease could be triggered by pathogens
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A James Cook University scientist is part of an international team that's used new 'big data' analysis to achieve a major advance in understanding neurological disorders such as Epilepsy, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
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MONDAY, March 11, 2019 -- Individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) have changes in the retinal microvasculature in the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) compared with those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and controls, according to a study...
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