Alzheimer; News from the web:

Many patients with a newly identified subtype of Alzheimer’s disease are misdiagnosed and don’t receive proper treatment, researchers report. They analyzed the brains of more than 1,800 Alzheimer’s patients and found that 11 percent of them had this subtype, called “hippocampal sparing Alzheimer’s disease.”

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Smoking Pot for Alzheimer?

Alzheimer; News from the web:

New Mexico’s Medical Advisory Board for the state’s Medical Cannabis Program has unanimously voted to add degenerative neurological disorders, like Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) to their list of eligible medical conditions for treatment.

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Hope for Alzheimer from Taiwan

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Six Taiwan-based scientists have announced what may be a long hoped-for breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. They have discovered that so-called statins, drugs developed originally to lower cholesterol levels, seem to reduce the risk of dementia by as much as one-quarter.

It is still early days and reduced risk does not mean prevention or treatment. But there is another glimmer of hope.

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Choosing your Alzheimer care

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Finding out you or a loved one has alzheimer is one thing, finding good care is another thing. Here is an article in the link with some good tips and information about this process.

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