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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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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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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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Today a shout out to Pippa Kelly who is a writer from the UK and alerted us to the existence of Care Farms, an alternative to day care centres for those with dementia.
Looks like a great activity that deserves following!
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Yes Alzheimer can strike as early as age 43. Now there is a support group to help these patients and their caretakers. “only” 200,000 sufferers of the early variety of Alzheimer are in the US but still a significant number.
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