A teen with “Alzheimer’s”

Alzheimer; News from the web:

A teen with a rare disease, that eventually has the same effect as Alzheimer’s.

The condition is named Niemann-Pick Type C and drugs are “available” but very costly. Most cells in the body can recover from the condition but not the brain cells, hence the similarity to Alzheimer’s.

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virtual reality helps identifying Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer; News from the web:

A problem in a geriatric environment is the reliance on spouse and environment reported behavior to identify Alzheimer’s. Now they have developed a virtual reality tool that may help in better detecting Alzheimer’s in an early stage.

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