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Women at the Center of the Global Alzheimer’s Epidemic

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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New Studies Underscore Global Importance of Mild Cognitive Impairment in...

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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New Global Model of Alzheimer’s Risk Suggests a 25 Percent Reduction in...

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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Amyloid beta in the brain of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease

ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2012) ? The deposition of amyloid beta in the brain of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease is the focus of much research into both its cause and treatment. While there may not...

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Chronic stress spawns protein aggregates linked to Alzheimer’s

ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2012) ? Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers at the University of...

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Brain insulin resistance contributes to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease

ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2012) ? Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other known causes of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study by...

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Cognitive Rehab Takes A Promising New Direction For The Elderly

Editor’s ChoiceMain Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience;  Alzheimer’s / Dementia Article Date: 22 Aug 2012 – 9:00 PDT email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions...

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Obesity May Speed Up Mental Decline

Featured ArticleAcademic JournalMain Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Alzheimer’s / Dementia Article Date: 22 Aug 2012 – 0:00 PDT email to a friend   printer friendly...

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Enzyme Known For Generating Toxic Brain Plaques In Alzheimer’s Disease Also...

Main Category: Alzheimer’s / Dementia Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience;  Seniors / Aging Article Date: 22 Aug 2012 – 0:00 PDT email to a friend   printer friendly   opinions   Patient /...

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Brain Pacemaker May Treat Alzheimer’s [via Mashables]

Last month, surgeons at Johns Hopkins implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient with mild Alzheimer’s, the sixth patient in a multicenter trial of the experimental therapy. The hope...

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Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch Connects More Than 2,500 People with...

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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Women at the Center of the Global Alzheimer’s Epidemic

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch Connects More Than 2,500 People with...

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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Women at the Center of the Global Alzheimer’s Epidemic

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch Connects More Than 2,500 People with...

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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Women at the Center of the Global Alzheimer’s Epidemic

Alzheimer's AssociationThe Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through...

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The National Plan for Fighting Alzheimer’s updated

HHS has come out with updates to the National Plan for fighting Alzheimer’s in the country. The plan is based on a revised opinion on the susceptibility of the senior population that lives in assisted...

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Test of Alzheimer’s Drug Gets Large Federal Grant [THe New York Times]

SOURCE: The New York Times -Health In the most significant sign yet of a broad shift in the focus of Alzheimer’s research from treating to preventing the disease, the federal government announced on...

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ALZHEIMER’S NEWS: SPINAL FLUID TEST MAY PREDICT ALZHEIMER’S

Tests on brain and spinal fluid could soon mean earlier treatment for Alzheimer’s disease—years before the first symptoms of memory loss, researchers report. Such an early warning test would allow...

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