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Half-million dollars to boost stroke research
... after strokes. A drug which already had US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease had shown highly promising results in animal studies. He hoped small-scale human clinical trials could start in New Zealand ... Comment?
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NFL joins with brain researchers
... they die. The league also will contact the nearly 100 retired football players who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia and are receiving benefits from the league to ask their families to consider donating those players' brains ... Comment?
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New centre for patients with Alzheimers
To meet the growing demand for specialised healthcare, Communicare recently opened a dedicated, secure wing for patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia at its healthcare centre in Diep River. Comment?
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... of years gone by, memories of family. Bill Roenbeck, who lives at the Vilas Home with his wife, Joan, who has Alzheimer's disease, sees that happen. Some folks there who have dementia often show little expression, he said, but they transform in the ... Comment?
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Kessler, Richard L. 'Dick'
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Richard L. 'Dick' Kessler, 83, Boise, Idaho, passed away on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Comment?
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Mental Health Year in Review: 2009
... billion with 30 states due to its off-label marketing of the atypical antipsychotic drug for use in dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Philip over at Furious Seasons puts the total Zyprexa tab at $2.8 billion with settlements with 39 states, with ... Comment?
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Appetite hormone leptin plays role in Alzheimer's
Researchers said people in a study who had the highest levels of leptin were far less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or any sort of dementia than those in the study with the lowest levels of leptin. Comment?
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Fragment-Based Discovery of Nonpeptidic BACE-1 Inhibitors Using Tethering
... abstract = {PMID: 19284778 BACE-1 (I2-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme), a prominent target in Alzheimer's disease drug discovery efforts, was surveyed using Tethering technology to discover small molecule fragment ligands that bind to ... Comment?
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... three categories of debilitating illnesses. The list includes cancer, glaucoma, Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease and AIDS. The state law doesn't allow the Department of Community Health to supply patients with seeds or starter ... Comment?
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Fund helped family restore power
... and her husband, Eddie, 31, and two of their three children moved into the home to help her grandmother, who had Alzheimer's disease. The arrangement benefited everyone, Nichols said. Her husband was self-employed in the construction industry, and ... Comment?
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Alzheimer's detection: What's his name again? How celebrity monikers can help us remember
In the December issue of the Canadian Journal on Aging, a team of scientists explain how the ability to name famous faces or access biographical knowledge about celebrities holds clues that could help in early Alzheimer's detection. Comment?
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Survey finds nearly one in three people are caregivers
... provide an average of 20 hours of care per week. The main reasons people need care are old age (12 percent), Alzheimer's disease (10 percent), mental/emotional illness (7 percent), cancer (7 percent), heart disease (5 percent) and stroke (5 ... Comment?
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Ways to cope during emotional holiday season
... mealtimes and routines as normal as possible. No one can make a pantry full of baked goodies while watching an Alzheimer's patient. Ask for help with either the cooking or the care giving. Consider using adult day care or hiring a sitter as a ... Comment?
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Top 100 Stories of 2009: #88: Alzheimera s Genes Located
This past September, a pair of research teams announced that they had identified three new genes associated with Alzheimer's disease. Comment?
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Making holidays enjoyable for those with Dementia
... with stress, disappointment and sadness. Because of the changes he or she has experienced, the person with Alzheimer's may feel a special sense of loss during the holidays. At the same time, caregivers may feel overwhelmed maintaining holiday ... Comment?
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Monkeys genetically modified to have Huntington's
... for creating genetically modified primates with other neurodegenerative ailments such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. "This research allows scientists to advance beyond mouse models, which do not replicate all of the changes in the ... Comment?
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County's nonprofits accept grants
... area nonprofit organizations in support of 2010 programs and projects. Organizations that received grants are: a Alzheimer's Association - Central Ohio: $6,070 to support education and individual onsite care consultations to Licking County residents ... Comment?
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... and partner Elan Corp. said nine people died in a mid-stage clinical trial of a drug being developed to treat Alzheimer's disease. A direct link between the drug and the deaths hasn't been established, both companies said. Meanwhile, Canfor Pulp ... Comment?
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Studies show that drinking green tea reverses bone loss in different rat models of osteoporosis
... green tea administration may confer protection to neurons as shown in different in vitro models of Alzheimer's disease. Green tea consumption reverse bone loss in rat models of chronic inflammation in middle aged rats It has been previously shown ... Comment?
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... School of Pharmacy, determined that when they gave the ginkgo extract Egb 761 to mice afflicted with the human Alzheimer's gene the process of forming new nerve cells in the part of their brains most affected by the disease greatly improved. They ... Comment?
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