Alzheimer; News from the web:
Despite Roche’s recent trial failure for crenezumab, the ProMIS team remain confident a disease-modifying treatment will be found in the next decade.
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Category Archives: Research
Make sure you brush your teeth….and your gums!
Alzheimer; News from the web:
In a new study, researchers have found that a bacterium largely responsible for gum disease also contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Aroma therapy for Alzheimer’s
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Recently, the importance of non-pharmacological therapies for dementia has come to the fore. In the present study, they examined the curative effects of aromatherapy in dementia in 28 elderly people, 17 of whom had Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
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Novel approach for Alzheimers
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In a small lab in Jackson Hole, Wyo., 65-year-old Paul Cox believes he’s closing in on a treatment that might prevent Alzheimer’s disease. And ALS. And a host of other neurodegenerative diseases, for that matter. Cox, we should point out, isn’t a neurologist. He isn’t a physician of any kind. He doesn’t work at a big drug company or an academic medical center or a government laboratory. His ideas come from so far outside the mainstream of neurological research that you might think he’s crazy or deluded or worse. But then, some very credible people think he might be on to something big—which might make the improbable, quixotic story you are about to read one of the most important as well.
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Therapy Dolls for Alzheimer patients
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Therapy dolls have been presented to the patients because they can provide a sense of calm for when they get anxious or stressed.
“We had dolls for the females and males,” the initiative taker said. “We chose dolls because it actually helps calm them down when they get stressed or anxiety when they start to wander. It also helps the caregiver.”
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Virtual reality to help detect early risk of Alzheimer’s
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Scientists have found an unexpected use for virtual reality headsets: to help pinpoint people who may later develop Alzheimer’s disease.
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