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Brain shrinks a decade before Alzheimer's appears

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 314 days ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Brain scans of healthy people showed signs that the brain was shrinking in Alzheimer's-affected areas nearly a decade before the disease was diagnosed, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.The finding, published in the journal Neurology, may offer a new way ...
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A gene for Alzheimer's makes you smarter

New Scientist - 737 days ago
A GENE variant that ups your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in old age may not be all bad. It also suggests why the variant is common despite its debilitating effects in old age. The "allele" in question is epsilon 4, a ...

Alzheimer's Drug Showdown

Forbes - 1303 days ago
Big drug firms like Wyeth, Elan and Eli Lilly have spent years pursuing drugs based on the theory of what causes Alzheimer's disease. The drugs aim to remove aberrant protein clumps called amyloid plaques from the brains of Alzheimer's patients. But now ...

More fit Alzheimer's had less brain atrophy

AP Features - 1304 days ago
Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease who performed better on a treadmill test had less atrophy in the areas of the brain that control memory, according to a study released Sunday.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed less shrinkage in the hippocampus ...
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Alzheimer Patients' Cognition Falls Faster in Nursing Homes

Modern Medicine - 1720 days ago
Cognitive decline rates in elderly Alzheimer disease patients speed up after they enter nursing homes, according to study findings published in the June issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.. Robert S. Wilson, Ph.D., of the Rush University Alzheimer's Disease Center in ...