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New Alzheimer’s test developed by teenager!
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A 15-year-old school student has developed a test which could give up to 10 years warning of Alzheimers before symptoms even start to show.
Krtin Nithiyanandam, a pupil at Sutton Grammar school, developed a ‘trojan horse’ antibody which can enter the brain and latch onto neurotoxic proteins, identifying the disease in advance
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Discover Alzheimer’s 18 years ahead of time!
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Results from an extensive new study suggest that early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear up to 18 years before the disease is officially diagnosed.
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Alzheimer warning signs
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Article with lots of pointers and warning signs that you may be susceptible to Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia.
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New link between alzheimer and diabetes?
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We have reported on this before but here is a new piece of research that seems to confirm a relation between diabetes and alzheimer.
The new study – in mice – shows that elevated glucose in the blood can rapidly increase levels of amyloid beta, a key component of brain plaques in Alzheimer’s patients. The buildup of plaques is thought to be an early driver of the complex set of changes that Alzheimer’s causes in the brain.
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Loosing smell is an early sign of Alzheimer
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In fact, docs sometimes detect Alzheimer’s using a “peanut butter test” — asking a patient if he or she can detect its strong odor when it is held up to the nose. Other clues: When an older woman wears a ton of perfume, not knowing how strong it is, or a man adds a lot of spicy tabasco sauce to food because he can’t taste or smell it.
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