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Scientists discover for the first time that oxytocin could be a potential new therapeutic option for cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
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Category Archives: Alzheimer Overview
Getting Alzheimer’s drugs faster
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This sounds like good news. Scientists have found a way to speed up the testing of Alzheimer’s drugs.
Alzheimer’s clinical trials may take decades, but a new discovery could cut clinical trial time down to a matter of weeks.
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Asthma drug for Alzheimer’s?
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A laboratory study has found that the asthma drug salbutamol prevents the formation of tangles of fibrous protein that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The next step will be to test the drug in animal models of the disease.
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Covid Virus caused many Alzheimer’s casualties
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At least 15,000 more Americans have died in recent months from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia than otherwise would have, health officials believe, pointing to how the coronavirus pandemic has exacted a higher fatality toll than official numbers have shown.
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Inflammatory bowel disease may increase risk for dementia
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A new study found that Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease were at greatest risk for two types of dementia: Alzheimer’s dementia, which is caused by damage and death to nerve cells and affects memory, thinking and behavior; and vascular dementia, which stems from conditions that block or reduce blood flow to the brain.
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Being poor impacts Alzheimer’s risk
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A new study shows that those living in the poorest neighborhoods had the highest risk for brain changes commonly related to Alzheimer’s risk. For each one-point increase on the scale of socioeconomic deprivation, there was an 8 percent increase in the odds for Alzheimer’s brain pathology.
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