A nice extra with stroke prevention! It reduces dementia!

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Ontario’s stroke prevention strategy appears to have had an unexpected, beneficial side effect: a reduction also in the incidence of dementia among older seniors. A new paper is the first to look at the demographics of both stroke and dementia across Ontario since the province pioneered Canada’s first stroke prevention strategy in 2000.

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Silent Seizures for Alzheimer’s patiens?

Alzheimer; News from the web:

 

A study has spotted ‘seizures’ in Alzheimer’s brains that usual scans can’t detect

The ‘seizures’ don’t trigger convulsions but are an early sign of the disease

Researchers claim these seizures could be spotted early to slow the effects 

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Promising drug from the UK

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Human trials coming soon, results expected in 2-3 years, what is there not to like? A novel approach that has been done before but had some disadvantages. The researchers are now confident they have figured out the correct way to stop memory degeneration.

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Soda’s bad for Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Two new scientific studies raise questions about whether both regular and diet drinks cause brain disease.

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