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New research indicates that it may be the complications with diabetes that trigger the link with Alzheimer’s.
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virtual reality helps identifying Alzheimer’s
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A problem in a geriatric environment is the reliance on spouse and environment reported behavior to identify Alzheimer’s. Now they have developed a virtual reality tool that may help in better detecting Alzheimer’s in an early stage.
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Research from Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and Utah State University shows that caregivers of someone with dementia are six times more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s as well.
“Long-term married people have the same diet, health habits, exercise habits. They have the same stressors and lifestyles. It can also be attributed to the stress of caring for a loved one and seeing them deteriorate,”.
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About drugs, smart business moves and a second chance for an Alzheimer’s cure
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A smart business man bought a drug that the big companies didn’t think would work, combined it with another drug and now has an approval process going for a drug that could help people with Alzheimer’s. A story of money and second chances.
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Delaying the Alzheimer’s symptoms
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In a report published in the journal Neurology, Dr. Keith Johnson from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and his colleagues reveal that people who report higher levels of intellectual stimulation throughout their lifetimes don’t actually exhibit lower levels of protein plaques and other signs of Alzheimer’s compared to those who don’t. But they also found that staying mentally and socially active can push back the appearance of memory problems and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
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Eating brains led the way to new dementia discovery
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Research involving a former brain-eating tribe from Papua New Guinea is helping scientists better understand so-called prion conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.
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