A protein tangle in an Alzheimer’s-afflicted neuron Exactly how Alzheimer’s disease proliferates through the brain, overtaking one region after another, has eluded scientists. As the disease progresses, tau—a malformed protein that forms snarls and tangles inside neurons—shows up in more and more brain areas. Researchers have wondered whether tau, and the disease, are working their way out from …
Individuals with thinner regions of the brain’s cerebral cortex are significantly more likely to show early evidence of dementia, according to scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania.
IRVINE, CA– - With Alzheimer’s Awareness month concluding and the holiday season upon us, families are encouraged to use this time to identify and act upon behaviors in loved ones that may signal early …
As more workers battle dementia, they and their employers are forced to deal with a delicate situation.
TEWKSBURY — Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and the Alzheimer’s Association will present a seminar on Alzheimer’s care from 9:30 to 11 a.
Researchers from Texas and the Alzheimer’s Association gathered Monday at UTB-TSC to discuss their work on the disease that effects an estimated 5.4 million Americans and ripples throughout the nation with emotional, societal and economic impacts.
WASHINGTON — As her mother’s Alzheimer’s worsened over eight long years, so did Doreen Alfaro’s bills: The walker, then the wheelchair, then the hospital bed, then the diapers — and the caregivers hired for more and more hours a day, so Ms. Alfaro could go to work and her elderly father could get some rest. Ms.
High cholesterol levels are associated with changes in the brain that are characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows.
Using a touch-screen computer or an iPad, it can distinguish between normal forgetfulness and the more dangerous memory lapses that signal dementia.
Compared with changes in biomarkers, changes in cognitive abilities appear to be stronger predictors of whether an individual with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new report.
NEW YORK, August 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Alzheimer´s Association Analysis of APOE-e4 on amyloid deposits shows abnormal levels can be detected at least 10-years and possibly 20-years prior to onset Citeline, an Informa business unit, and the …
Two new studies provide insight into the potential of positron emission tomography (PET) to differentiate between types of dementia and to identify pharmaceuticals to slow the progress of dementia. With proposed National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for detecting Alzheimer’s-related brain changes expected in September, these articles give a preview of what …
PARIS (Reuters) - People at risk for Alzheimer’s are twice as likely to fall as healthy people, and the disease might also be visible in scans of the eye, researchers said on Sunday.
PARIS (Reuters) - People at risk for Alzheimer’s are twice as likely to fall as healthy people, and the disease may also be visible in scans of the eye, researchers said on Sunday.
Mary Brunswig knows all too well how Alzheimer’s can affect a loved one and the entire family.
Mary Brunswig knows all too well how Alzheimer’s can affect a loved one and the entire family.
WALLINGFORD - Search “Alzheimer’s blog” on Google and the No. 1 result, above the Mayo Clinic, belongs to a local woman who chronicled the experience from when her father was diagnosed until his death 1,253 days later.
A consumer advocacy group has accused the authors of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - including employees of Avid Radiopharmaceuticals in University City and the University of Pennsylvania - of withholding important negative information about an experimental dye meant to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.
HOBOKEN, NJ, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Anavex Life Sciences Corp.