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Researchers test sugary solution to Alzheimer’s
(Medical Xpress) -- Slowing or preventing the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a fatal brain condition expected to hit one in 85 people globally by 2050, may be as simple as ensuring a brain protein’s sugar levels ...
Feb 26, 2012 |
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GPS shoe lets families keep track of elderly relatives
A Teaneck, N.J., shoe maker has joined with a California technology company to create a shoe that uses GPS technology that records where a wearer walks - and can send alerts to caregivers if someone suffering from Alzheimer's ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Could Alzheimer's disease be diagnosed with a simple blood test?
Spanish researchers, led by Pedro Carmona from the Instituto de Estructura de la Materia in Madrid, have uncovered a new promising way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease more accurately. Their technique, which is non-invasive, ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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How cells dispose of their waste
German researchers reveal the structure of cellular protein degradation machinery.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Advance toward an imaging agent for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease
Scientists are reporting development and initial laboratory tests of an imaging agent that shows promise for detecting the tell-tale signs of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the brain — signs that now can't ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Scientists expand knowledge of cell process involved in many diseases
As part of a joint research effort with the University of Michigan, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time defined the structure of one of the cell's most basic engines, ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Alzheimer's may cause global cash crunch: experts
Alzheimer's disease could cause a global cash crunch in coming generations -- as people begin to regularly live to 100 -- and must be considered a serious fiscal danger, experts said Thursday.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Early warning system for Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are developing a technique based on a new discovery which could pave the way towards detecting Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages - and could ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2011 |
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More accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's
A new study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows how analysing spinal fluid can help to detect Alzheimer's disease at an early stage. The researchers behind the study hope that their findings will contribute to ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Using MRI, researchers may predict which adults will develop Alzheimer's
Using MRI, researchers may be able to predict which adults with mild cognitive impairment are more likely to progress to Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a study published online and in the June issue of Radiology.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 06, 2011 |
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A GPS to locate missing Alzheimer's patients and battered women
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) is studying the development of a system based on satellite localization which can be used to find missing Alzheimer's patients and monitor battered women, as well ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Study suggests another avenue for detecting Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have determined that a well-known chemical process called acetylation has a previously unrecognized association with one of the biological processes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Insulin could be Alzheimer's therapy
A low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, according to new clinical research by University ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Indications of Alzheimer's disease may be evident decades before first signs of cognitive impairment
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that patients with Alzheimer's disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Asthma drug could help control or treat Alzheimer's disease
A drug used to treat asthma has been shown to help reduce the formation of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at Temple University's ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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