Category Archives: Detection

Do you want to know if you have Alzheimer

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So here is the dilemma. The research apparently finds ways to predict if someone would have or develop Alzheimer. These findings precede finding a cure. So the question becomes, if you know or could know that you have the disease, would you want to know? We know there is no cure. It is not for lack of trying or lack of funding as I believe the pharmaceutical industry is well aware of the Billions that can be made by the industry who finds the cure to the condition. What’s your view? Would you want to know you will be suffering from something when there is no cure or would you rather live life and see things come your way?

UPDATE: Read the response from our the Alzheimer Reading Room

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Alzheimer on the road

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In Australia they have understood what risks can occur when people with alzheimer are participating in traffic. It is dangerous for people with advance dementia to drive and family members are urged to talk to them and have their driving assessed.

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Take the Alzheimer test

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Many of our parents have Alzheimer or another form of Dementia. Although you are younger, you too should be prepared to take action on the health of your brain. If you have any concerns about your cognitive abilities, do the test and discuss the results with your doctor. There is no cure for Alzheimer but remedies to delay the impact of the disease seem to work best when applied in an early stage. You are the only one who can help yourself getting ahead of the disease.

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Both parents have Alzheimer? You’re next

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A new study reveals that if both parents have suffered from Alzheimer, the children most likely show already signs of the disease in their brain imaging in the middle age years. If only one parent had Alzheimer the issue is less severe.

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At home testing of Alzheimer

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The Ohio state university has developed a test that you can easily do at home. The results will show you if there are reasons for concern about cognitive decline.

Lets all do this and be prepared!

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Alzheimer? There’s an app for that

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Pfizer is working on a project, together with a software development company, to develop a game that could eventually be used as a clinical tool to determine early signs of Alzheimer’s or other neurodegenerative diseases.

Pfizer will do a clinical trial to see if it detects Alzheimer symptoms in an early stage

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