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And this may even be a clue before any symptoms of early onset. Read the whole research in the link for today.
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No drugs but instead…..
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The current Alzheimer’s clinical research impasse has encouraged more doctors to pursue non-pharmacological alternatives. For most individuals — beyond the up-to-5-percent who are genetically predisposed to early onset Alzheimer’s — focusing on lifestyle factors as the key to brain fitness and cognitive function, they say, is wiser than waiting for a breakthrough delivered in a pill.
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Positive outlook for Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s disease will become manageable like HIV, say award-winning scientists
Professor Michel Goedert, of Cambridge University, who discovered the importance of tau protein in Alzheimer’s said he could see a time when dementia became a chronic illness like HIV.
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Alzheimer’s researchers win brain prize
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Four dementia scientists have shared this year’s 1m Euro brain prize for pivotal work that has changed our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.
Profs John Hardy, Bart De Strooper, Michael Goedert, based in the UK, and Prof Christian Haass, from Germany, unpicked key protein changes that lead to this most common type of dementia.
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Alzheimer’s predictions
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Heart disease deaths have actually decreased 14 percent since 2000, while Alzheimer’s deaths have increased 89 percent. Of the diseases listed in the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s is the only one that can’t be prevented, slowed or cured.
But on the positive side, there is a bloodtest in preparation that will warn you about 20 ahead of any symptoms.
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A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston shows that using near infrared light on the heads of mice can effectively reduce vulnerability to the damaging effects of a toxic chemical in the brain known to be involved with the onset of Alzheimer’s. This data is detailed in Scientific Reports.
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