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Having a great-grandparent or even a cousin — referred to as “third-degree relatives” — with Alzheimer’s disease may raise your own risk of developing the disease, according to new research.
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Clicking sound and light to fight Alzheimer’s
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Fast clicking sounds can boost brainpower in mice with signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Like flickering lights, these external sounds spur a type of brain wave that seemed to sweep disease-related plaques from mice’s brains, researchers report in the March 14 Cell.
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Latest research findings on Alzheimer’s
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Next avenue has a great article about the latest theories concerning what causes Alzheimer’s. We link to it below. So far, the results have been beyond disappointing. A class of drugs called “acetylcholinesterase inhibitors” offer marginal functional improvements, but that’s been it. Things are starting to change, though.
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More information about Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer; News from the web:
See the posting from The Advocate with links to great sites for information about Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately we are not listed but that didn’t keep us from passing on this great resource for you.
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Watching tv over 3.5 hours a day may take your memory awy
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Research from the UK shows that lower scores on memory tasks were related to longer watching TV per day.
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A new study and here is what the researchers say:
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“It would be nice if we could draw a blood test when you’re 50 or 60, monitor you every five years, be alerted of your amyloid levels, and a pill or infusion that’s going to help stave off Alzheimer’s,” said Joseph Shimon Kass, M.D., director of neurology at Baylor College of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center. “We’re nowhere near that, but this study brings us closer to that possibility.”
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