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Gammaglobulin May Help Treat Alzheimer's
U.S. researchers say they are testing gammaglobulin as a treatment to help slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease. The study -- called the Gammaglobulin Alzheimer's Partnership Study -- is recruiting 360 participants at 36 sites nationwide. The large...
Tags: Alzheimer
Special cat helps Alzheimer patients recapture memories
One of the most popular visitors among the residents of the Nazareth Classic Care Community in Menlo Park, Calif., is a four-year old half Maine Coon, half Orange Tabby cat named Caju. Twice a month, this very affable feline makes his way around the long-term...
Tags: Special cat, cats, cure, Alzheimer, patients, allnews, technology, pets
Genetic Engineering News: Canada-US scientists discover gene responsible for brain's aging
Paris :: France | 10 months ago
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Universite de Montreal, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publish findings in the Journal of Neuroscience This press release is available in French . Montreal, January 16, 2009 Will scientists one day be able to slow...
Attacking Alzheimer's with Red Wine and Marijuana
Two new studies suggest that substances usually associated with dulling the mind -- marijuana and red wine -- may help ward off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related memory loss. Their addition comes as another study dethrones...
Tags: alzheimer, marijuana, wine, study, Neuroscience, brain, chemistry, aging
Radical thinking
Manchester :: ME :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Dementia, of which Alzheimer’s is the most common form, is one of the great health fears of our age. It already affects more than one in 100 Britons, and it is forecast to become more common as people live longer. The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that...
Daily Telegraph, UK: Marijuana may help memory
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Contrary to the common belief that smoking the drug destroys memory, researchers have found that it could actually keep the brain young. The team at Ohio State University found that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the ageing brain by reducing...
Abilene Reporter-News, Texas: Caregivers: Learn to care for yourselves
Abilene :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility November is National Family Caregivers Month, and the West Central Texas Area Agency on Aging is holding its fourth annual family caregiver conference Nov. 12 at the Abilene Civic Center, 1100 N...For more details, contact Cay Collins at 672-8544 or ccollins@wctcog.org...
Tags: alzheimer, memory loss, aging, news
Nebraska.tv: Doctors Often Overestimate Patients' Health Literacy
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Many patients misunderstand the written questions American doctors have them answer before physical exams, a finding that calls into question the usefulness of these screening tools, new reports say. Two studies, presented earlier this year at the 2008...
High Doses of B Vitamins Fail to Slow Progression of Alzheimer?s
San Diego :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility High doses of B vitamins failed to slow cognitive decline in people suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer`s disease, crushing high hopes of success in the fight against the fatal disease. Experts had recognized the potential for B vitamins to lower...
O'Connor goes public with private ordeal
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Retired justice Sandra Day O'Connor on Wednesday will speak publicly for the first time about the difficulty of her husband's Alzheimer's and how it forced her to retire from the Supreme Court. In her prepared remarks, O'Connor sheds much of the formality...
Tags: Sandra Day O\'Connor, Congress, retired justice, justice sandra, Supreme Court, Senate Special Committee, Alzheimer, urged congress
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