Category Archives: Research

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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GE helps find a cure for Alzheimer

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In Japan a huge study of 9,000 participants has been going on for ten years and now, with the help of GE health care in Japan, the Hirosaki university researchers will start looking for clues and indicators that can tell us if someone has Alzheimer and what causes it.

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Acupuncture and alzheimer

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Acupuncture may help Alzheimer. The researchers note that their findings suggest that acupuncture improves memory and prevents degradation of brain tissue. They note “that EA (electroacupuncture) may be a promising treatment for AD (Alzheimer’s disease)” and “may improve cognitive function.”

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10 drugmakers work together to write alzheimer history

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Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly & Co. and eight other large drug makers will partner with the U.S. government in a $230-million effort to identify new approaches to treat Alzheimer’s, diabetes, lupus and arthritis.

Data generated from the work will be made public for other scientists to use, a move the U.S. National Institutes of Health called groundbreaking. The targeted diseases are some of the most prevalent conditions among Americans, costing the nation billions of dollars in treatment and lost productivity.

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