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Scientists tested a chemical called EPPS on mice that had been genetically engineered to contract a disease similar to Alzheimer’s in humans from five months of age. The researchers found that the amount of plaques characteristic in the brain had been reduced in the treated mice.
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Lead researcher Dr Natalia del Campo, from Toulouse University Hospital in France, said: “It’s possible that having subtle walking disturbances in addition to memory concerns may signal Alzheimer’s disease, even before people show any clinical symptoms.”
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As we feared, the first chapter from the Alzheimer’s Association has decided to disassociate to avoid being centralized. Although there will be pros and cons to centralization and how you run the programs, the thing that will really divide the efforts to combat this terrible disease is when chapters go independent and the Alzheimer’s Association starts a new centralized chapter right next to it to ensure national coverage.
Folks, we are about to waste lots of money, effort and goodwill.
At this moment you have the national Alzheimer’s Association and then there is the New York Chapter and about 53 other chapters. Potentially, if none of them wants to be centralized, there could be around 100 different organizations all trying to accomplish the same. What a waste!
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Listen to the alzheimer podcast and look at the early warning signs to stay on top of Alzheimer’s detection.
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Some get it, some progress rapidly from early dementia to the full blown disease, some have a brain full of the plaques but don’t have any signs of dementia.
Life style seems to have an impact but much remains a mystery. Read up on some interesting research.
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