Category Archives: Research

Hormone treatment reduces Alzheimer risk

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New research findings from a long running study have shown that women who receive hormone treatment within five years of their meno pause, will have a 30% less chance of developing Alzheimer, with women who get the treatment later the effect is less.

One of the researchers said the study findings support the so-called timing hypothesis – that earlier treatment with hormones may be beneficial while later treatment may be harmful.

“It doesn’t prove the hypothesis,  “But it does suggest there might be something to that merits further investigation.”

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New study into 3 alzheimer drugs starts in 2013

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Roche, Lilly and the Alzheimer association all chip in to make a big study possible into the effectiveness of three Alzheimer drugs. All three drugs impact Alzheimer in a different way but all of them will help the science forward. The study is led by the Washington University at St Louis.

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Alzheimer research, two sides of the story

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Sometimes it is difficult for your editor to figure out what the real headlines are. Today is such a day with conflicting headlines rolling over my desk.

Here are two stories that sound very different but are both good to read. The bottom line is that although the one will say the glass is half full and the other the glass is half empty, we feel there is still enough in the glass to be happy about:

Drugs firm expands research teams worldwide to crack potentially lucrative market

Companies ‘giving up’ on Alzheimer’s drug

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Drinking a liter per day keeps the Alzheimer away

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British researchers have found that if patients drink a liter of silicon rich mineral water per day for 13 weeks, the cognitive decline either stops or improves in a majority of them.

The water seems to flush the aluminum levels in the body, which helps to keep the development of plaques and tangles down that create the cognitive decline.

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Tidy up to help people with Alzheimer

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For me a surprising news item; it turns out that people with Alzheimer have difficulty noticing differences between different objects. Apparently the part of the brain that stores temporary memories short term also plays a role in recognizing objects.

Here is a potential use:

The results indicate that, under certain circumstances, reducing “visual clutter” might help MCI patients perform everyday activities.

For example, telephone buttons tend to be the same size and color. Only the numbers are different — a very slight visual difference for a person who struggles with object perception. Perhaps a phone with varying sized buttons and different colors would help.

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Astrocytes turn out to be our friends in fighting alzheimer

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Until now we have always found that the presence in the brain of hyper active astrocytes probably increases the rate of the development of the feared amyloid plaques. A new study however has found that, in mice, reducing the hyper activity of the astrocytes actually increases the amyloid plaques. So now the plan is to see if we can manage the efficient working of the astrocytes to give them a hand in keeping the amyloid plaques under control.

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