Category Archives: Detection

Do you want to know?

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Two brothers struggle with Alzheimer’s that runs in the family and if they want to know now, if they also are victims.

“Sometimes I think, ‘This is a terrible storm on the horizon that could absolutely devastate us, and I want to know if it is real or not.’ Other times I say, ‘Gosh, if I do find out that it is real and I know I will die that way and I know probably the age I will die — that is an almost unbearable amount of information about my future.’”

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Early onset Alzheimer’s

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Read the story about this family struck by the disease.

Anyone whose parent had the mutation that causes early onset familial Alzheimer’s disease has a 50-50 chance of having it, too. And virtually everyone with the mutation will get dementia, usually in their 40s.

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Alzheimer’s diagnosis complicated by history of reading problems

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A new study published in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease reveals a that older adults with a history of reading problems perform similarly on some neuropsychological tests to those who show signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) associated with early Alzheimer’s disease.

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Testing for Alzheimer’s with urine

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While the work is still in the early “proof-of-concept” stage, the researchers say it’s possible that identifying a distinctive odour signature of early Alzheimer’s could one day lead to a test that would spot the disease in humans.

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Fighting Alzheimer’s fear

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People with dementia are still people, and friends and family members shouldn’t ignore them or underestimate their abilities — that’s the message of a new social media campaign from the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

“The day you receive a diagnosis from your doctor, the minute you walk out of that office, you’re no different,” said Maria Howard, the CEO of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.

#StillHere

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Alzheimer’s breakthrough?

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Could it be true this time?

Researchers in the U.K. have found that blocking a receptor in the brain that regulates immune cells could “protect against the memory and behavior changes seen in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.”

According to a news release from the University of Southampton, the research by scientists looking into how Alzheimer’s progresses in the human brain has added to evidence that “inflammation in the brain can in fact drive the development of the disease.”

The study’s findings, published on Friday in the journal Brain, point to the disease potentially being halted if inflammation in the brain is reduced, with hopes of an effective new treatment being developed as a result.

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