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Alzheimer mutations explained
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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Become a Dementia Friend
Alzheimer; News from the web:
The UK government has launched the Dementia Friends scheme, which has been adapted from a similar program in Japan that recruited three million volunteers.
Meanwhile about a million people have been trained as Dementia Friend.
Dementia signs
- Struggling to remember recent events
- Problems following conversations
- Forgetting the names of friends or objects
- Repeating yourself
- Problems with thinking or reasoning
- Confusion in familiar places
Sessions in workplaces and town halls across the country will explain what dementia is, what it is like to have the condition and what people can do to help if they meet someone with the symptoms.
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New molecule identified that may delay Onset Alzheimer
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a crucial molecule that could put the brakes on the damage to the brain:
Samuel Cohen, who led the study at the University of Cambridge, said: “The big advantage is that we haven’t just come up with a drug and not really understood what it is doing. We’ve come up with a general strategy that could work.”
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Remember me, an app for people with Alzheimer
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Read up about how schoolchildren came up with the idea and subsequently developed an app that may help people with Alzheimer remember the people and things near and dear to them.
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Canada warns about Donepezil, an Alzheimer drug
Alzheimer; News from the web:
The prescription medication has been linked to a muscle breakdown called rhabdomyolysis and the neurological disorder NMS (neuroleptic malignant syndrome) in some patients.
Donepezil, sold under the brand names Aricept and Aricept RDT as well as generic equivalents, is used to treat the symptoms of mild to severe Alzheimer’s disease.
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