Researching Alzheimer’s with your husband

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Dorene Rentz, one of 
the local neuropsychologists behind a pioneering Alzheimer’s study, spends her days searching for 
answers in the mysterious plaques that invade the brains of those suffering from the incurable disease.

And Rentz’s search will take on a new sense of urgency in the coming months, as the study gains a key participant: her husband.

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Alzheimer’s breakthrough?

Alzheimer; News from the web:

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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Forget raloxifene as a remedy for Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer; News from the web:

One small study had earlier talked that this drug could potentially help woman with early stages of Alzheimer’s. A new study however, has now determined that there is no effect at all. The study is small so it will need another larger study to confirm.

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More than one Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer; News from the web:

A study done in August suggested that there may be more sorts of Alzheimer’s disease; inflammatory, noninflammatory and cortical.

They would each need different treatment and it may be the reason why lots of drug have failed so far.

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