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A drug similar to one used in clinical trials for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis has been found to rescue memory in mice exhibiting Alzheimer's symptoms. http://phys.org/news166795943.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:30:02 EST news166795943 Eating a "heart healthy" diet and maintaining or increasing participation in moderate physical activity may help preserve our memory and thinking abilities as we age, according to new research reported today at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna. http://phys.org/news166792999.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:10:01 EST news166792999 A new Mayo Clinic study found that the clinical criteria for mild cognitive impairment is better at predicting who will develop Alzheimer's disease than a single memory test. This is one more piece of information to aid in the identification and early treatment of individuals most likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. This study will be presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease on July 14 in Vienna. http://phys.org/news166786826.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:41:12 EST news166786826 Changes in the brain measured with MRI and PET scans, combined with memory tests and detection of risk proteins in body fluids, may lead to earlier and more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's, according to new research reported today at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna. http://phys.org/news166772997.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:50:43 EST news166772997 The number of people with Alzheimer's and dementia - both new cases and total numbers with the disease - continues to rise among the very oldest segments of the population in contradiction of the conventional wisdom, according to research reported today at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna. http://phys.org/news166681444.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:26:42 EST news166681444 A doctor's positive attitude to Alzheimer's diagnosis and their trusting, personal relationships with local dementia support service providers are powerful enablers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's, according to new research reported today at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna. http://phys.org/news166599340.html Medicine & Health Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:40:01 EST news166599340 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that a compound called NIC5-15, might be a safe and effective treatment to stabilize cognitive performance in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The two investigators, Giulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D., Ph.D. , and Hillel Grossman, M.D., presented Phase IIA preliminary clinical findings at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD) in Vienna on Sunday, July 12. http://phys.org/news166611216.html Medicine & Health Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:56:19 EST news166611216 Results from two large studies using DHA, an omega 3 fatty acid, were reported today at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna. http://phys.org/news166596511.html Medicine & Health Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:49:12 EST news166596511 The anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin could hold promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, says a Saint Louis University doctor and researcher. http://phys.org/news166290087.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:01 EST news166290087 Most of the cognitive tests that have been used to decide whether someone has Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia have not been very helpful when used alone. A new report published by the American Psychological Association concluded that when older people are confused and forgetful, doctors should base their diagnoses on many different types of information, including medical history and brain imaging. http://phys.org/news166277105.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:20:01 EST news166277105 A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, will begin a five-year, $2.9 million National Institutes of Health-funded study. They will examine the lives of patients with both cataracts and Alzheimer's disease (AD) to document how restored vision improves everyday life for people with dementia. http://phys.org/news165153070.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:30:11 EST news165153070 High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, have been developed in recent years. In addition to the cholesterol reducing effect of statins Amalia Dolga, PhD, of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and her co-investigators have demonstrated that statins can protect nerve cells against damage which we know to occur in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients. The results are published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. http://phys.org/news164886164.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:43:27 EST news164886164 It is possible to determine which patients run a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and the dementia associated with it, even in patients with minimal memory impairment. This has been shown by recent research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://phys.org/news164536676.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:38:36 EST news164536676 A new diagnostic technique which may greatly simplify the detection of Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (JGH). Their results were published June 8 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. There is currently no accepted blood test for Alzheimer's, and the diagnosis is usually based on expensive and labour-intensive neurological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging evaluations. http://phys.org/news164377921.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:10:02 EST news164377921 Data published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease demonstrated that minimally-invasive biospectroscopy was able to identify changes in oxidative stress (OS) levels in blood plasma, which may prove to be a useful biomarker in the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. There is currently no accepted laboratory test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. http://phys.org/news164376502.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:46:21 EST news164376502 People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease compared to people who are not depressed, according to a study published in the current issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. However, the research also shows that the popular Alzheimer's drug donepezil may delay the progression to Alzheimer's disease for depressed people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or memory problems. http://phys.org/news164302262.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:31:25 EST news164302262 The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer's disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica. http://phys.org/news164289747.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:20:03 EST news164289747 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The technique has previously been used to look at tumors in breast tissue and cartilage in human knee and ankle joints, but this study is the first to test its ability to visualize a class of miniscule plaques that are a hallmark feature of Alzheimer’s disease. Their results will appear in a July 2009 edition of the journal NeuroImage. http://phys.org/news164294141.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:16:09 EST news164294141 Researchers in Japan have detected a peptide in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can show whether a person is developing Alzheimer's disease. Measuring the level of this peptide could show that the disease process has started, long before any serious damage is done to the brain. http://phys.org/news163823566.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:33:22 EST news163823566 A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down "wandering" seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. http://phys.org/news163474344.html Technology Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:34:24 EST news163474344 (AP) -- A research institute devoted to Alzheimer's and related diseases has teamed up with a major maker of diagnostic tests to speed development of what could be the first test to detect Alzheimer's in its early stages. http://phys.org/news162627378.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 07:17:20 EST news162627378 Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with software developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and of mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia that precedes the development of Alzheimer's by several years. In their report that will appear in the journal Brain and has been released online, the MGH/Martinos team show how their software program can accurately differentiate patients with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease from normal elderly individuals based on anatomic differences in brain structures known to be affected by the disease. http://phys.org/news162155700.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 20:15:45 EST news162155700 Of dozens of candidates potentially involved in increasing a person's risk for the most common type of Alzheimer's disease that affects more than 5 million Americans over the age of 65, one gene that keeps grabbing Johns Hopkins researchers' attention makes a protein called neuroglobin. http://phys.org/news160845820.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 16:24:15 EST news160845820 An Alzheimer's-related protein helps form and maintain nerve cell connections, according to a study published in the May 4 print issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. http://phys.org/news160651450.html Biology Mon, 04 May 2009 10:24:54 EST news160651450 Even very early in Alzheimer's disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information, a new study has found. http://phys.org/news160635111.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 05:52:47 EST news160635111 Taking a new approach to the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease, a research team led by investigators at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida has shown that druglike compounds can speed up destruction of the amyloid beta (A-beta) proteins that form plaque in the brains of patients with the disorder. http://phys.org/news159611311.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:29:10 EST news159611311 (PhysOrg.com) -- For a decade, Alzheimer's disease researchers have been entrenched in debate about one of the mechanisms believed to be responsible for brain cell death and memory loss in the illness. http://phys.org/news159031657.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:28:27 EST news159031657 (PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults with a genetic variant that raises their risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease show changes in their brain activity decades before any symptoms might arise, according to a new brain imaging study by scientists from the University of Oxford and Imperial College London. The results may support the idea that the brain's memory function may gradually wear itself out in those who go on to develop Alzheimer's. http://phys.org/news158258795.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:49:45 EST news158258795 (AP) -- Scientists are creating tests to show when it's time for people with early Alzheimer's disease to stop driving. http://phys.org/news158245864.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:11:48 EST news158245864 (AP) -- The health care costs of Alzheimer's disease patients are more than triple those of other older people, and that doesn't even include the billions of hours of unpaid care from family members, a new report suggests. http://phys.org/news157096895.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:02:30 EST news157096895