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We May Have New Drugs To Fight Dementia—And They Were Here All Along
In the fight against neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and Alzheimer's, there may be no need to make fancy new drugs. According to experiments in mice, two existing drugs may be able to keep brain cells healthy—even though that was far from their original purpose.
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Molecular and neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease at #SfN16 | PLOS Neuroscience Community
This year’s Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference was rich with emerging advances in the detection of neuropathological changes that occur during Alzheimer’s disease. The cutting edge of this research was presented at the nanosymposium on Molecular and Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease Saturday afternoon. From genetics to brain structure to molecular markers, this session highlighted the diversity of tools researchers are employing to better understand the neural effects of both normal and pathological aging.
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Can Alzheimer’s disease steal one’s consciousness? | PLOS Blogs Network
Source: Can Alzheimer’s disease steal one’s consciousness? Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been characterized as a “complete loss of self.” Early on when memory begins to fade, the victim has difficulty recalling names, their grocery list or where they put their keys. As the disease progresses, they have trouble staying focused, planning and performing basic daily activities. From the exterior, dementia appears to ravage one’s intellect and personality; yet as mere observers, it’s impossible to ascertain how consciousness of the self and environment is transformed by dementia.
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Targeting Gut Bacteria May Be The Key To Preventing Alzheimer's
Diet could be a powerful mode of prevention.
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Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? — NOVA | PBS
Join investigators as they untangle the cause of Alzheimer’s and race to develop a cure.
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This human protein may unfurl toxic tangles in Alzheimer’s disease
A human protein -- called CyP40 -- can untangle the neurodegenerative clumps that characterize Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a new study.
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Improving memory with magnets
The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives -- without it we would not be able to understand a sentence, or do simple arithmetic. New research is shedding light on how sound memory works in the brain, and is even demonstrating a means to improve it. One day this stimulation could compensate for the loss of memory caused by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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Forgetting but not gone: dementia and the arts
A fascinating research project is exploring the extraordinary power of the arts to unlock creativity and communication
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Holidays and Alzheimer's families.
Holidays can be challenging for families living with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Get tips on planning, gifts and managing stress, whether at home or a care facility. Find caregiver help and support, online and from your local chapter.
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Alzheimer's: Every minute counts.
The PBS documentary film ALZHEIMER'S: EVERY MINUTE COUNTS is an urgent wake-up call about the national public health threat posed by Alzheimer’s disease. Premiering January 25, 2017
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What to Do When Grandma Has Dementia
"Why take on the burden of caregiving? Grandma lived her life already; why give up yours? Why put everything on hold just to take care of her? There were several slices to the pie of why...." By Larry Handy.
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A New Approach to Alzheimer’s: Restore Defective Brain Waves
In a completely new approach, scientists reduced a hallmark of the disease in mice by stimulating their neurons with flickering lights.
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Dementia patient: 'Assessors say I'm improving'
Thousands of people living with degenerative conditions such as dementia, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis (MS) are losing part or all of their disability benefits after being reassessed. Wendy Mitchell, who has early onset dementia, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme how her benefits have stopped following a reassessment, despite her belief that her condition has got worse.
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Dramatic decline in dementia seen among older adults in the US
The percent of older US adults with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, declined from 11.6 percent in 2000 to 8.8 percent in 2012, a decrease of nearly a quarter, scientists reported on Monday. Why it matters: It had been thought that the baby boomers’ march toward old age would triple the number of Alzheimer’s patients by 2050. These new numbers not only portend a lesser burden on the health care system (and families) but also suggest that something has changed over the generations — and identifying that change could drive down dementia rates even further.
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Does gum disease have a link to cancer, dementia, stroke?
Researchers are looking at whether mouth bacteria is connected to many other diseases.
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Monty Python's Terry Jones has been diagnosed with dementia
The comedy genius behind Monty Python, Terry Jones, has been diagnosed with dementia. The news came as Bafta Cymru announced he had been given a special award for outstanding contribution to film and television. A representative for the writer and director said: "Terry has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a variant of frontotemporal dementia.
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Is it dementia? Maybe — Or maybe not.
Other conditions come with similar symptoms, experts say.
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Alzheimer's breakthrough: Drug that halts mental decline hailed as 'best news for dementia in 25 years'
The first drug that can prevent Alzheimer’s disease is finally on the horizon after scientists proved they can clear the sticky plaques from the brain which cause dementia and halt mental decline. The breakthrough was hailed as the "best news" in dementia research for 25 years and a potential "game changer" for people with Alzheimer’s.
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The Decline of Tube Feeding for Dementia Patients
The proportion of nursing home residents with advanced dementia who receive a feeding tube has dropped more than 50 percent, a new national study has found.
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