Alzheimer; News from the web:
A pretty alarming statistic, apparently only 45% of patients and caregivers are told the diagnosis of alzheimer and if you only count the patients themselves the number drops to 33%. Doctors tend to not tell the diagnosis to avoid emotional stress. Read the report by the Alzheimer association for more details….. and talk to your doctor about this.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
This is a great initiative, mobile alzheimer screening! Check out when it comes to your neighborhood.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
For the first time, a study reveals exactly how mutations associated with the most common form of inherited Alzheimer’s disease produce the disorder’s devastating effects. The paper upends conventional thinking about the effects of Alzheimer’s-associated mutations in the presenilin genes and provides an explanation for the failure of drugs designed to block presenilin activity.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Scientist are in the process and have encouraging results with a skin test that could detect alzheimer in an early stage. Important for detection but also to learn more about the disease.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
We wrote about the testing done in Colombia about three years ago HERE and highlighted the article in the NYtimes HERE .
In our link below a TV documentary with an update on this large family with Alzheimer and the mutation in the disease that may yet hold the key to a solution. The study is planned to be concluded in 2020 so nothing goes fast with this horrible disease but at least there is optimism about a potential new path for finding a cure.
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