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In a number of medical conditions, the amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a major role. Doctors and researchers have had their eyes set on the molecule for a long time, attempting to figure out whether it has a good effect on the organism, or a bad one. New investigation is beginning to reveal that the influence i... |
19 October 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Researchers looking into understanding the triggers that favor the onset and development of Alzheimer's disease recommend that people respect their normal sleeping times whenever possible. In new scientific studies, investigators determined that the lack of sleep could contribute to the production of a biomolecu... |
25 September 2009
13:41 GMT |
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According to a report released today, more than 35 million people around the world will suffer from some form of dementia by early 2010. Forms of the disease include such conditions as Alzheimer's, and no effective course of treatment for such afflictions exists up to this point, which makes the predictions even... |
21 September 2009
04:27 GMT |
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Spain began in 2008 the national MIND project, an initiative aimed at approaching Alzheimer's disease from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Valued at 27 million euros, it comprises some twelve biomedicine companies and their corresponding, public, research organizations, and is scheduled to last for about four ... |
17 September 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Experts at the University of Gothenburg have recently discovered a new method of identifying whether a patient suffers from Alzheimer's disease or not. The technique relies on using a new marker, found in the spinal cord, to assess the degree of damage that the neurodegenerative condition has already inflicted, ... |
15 September 2009
09:05 GMT |
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Dementia is a family of diseases that includes some terrible conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). The very structure of the brain is undergoing transformations because of these diseases, and experts have tried to gain a better understanding on how this happen... |
21 August 2009
08:39 GMT |
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Neurodegenerative conditions are, at this point, diseases that cannot be treated, and that progress until they finally claim the lives of their victims. They include such awful disorders as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's, whose effects on the human brain can, at this point, only be postponed... |
20 August 2009
21:51 GMT |
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Neurobiologists have known for a long time that new memories accumulated in the brain change the organ's very structure, causing it to change its shape in order to accumulate the knowledge. But exactly how this is done, and where new memories are stored is a puzzle. Now, a groundbreaking new study from experts a... |
13 August 2009
16:51 GMT |
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At a conference held on July 11th, scientists argued that some of the chemicals that could be found abundantly in fruits, vegetables, and foods derived from both might play an important therapeutic role in averting the onset of Alzheimer's disease. This class of chemicals, known as flavonoids, has been prelimina... |
20 July 2009
04:57 GMT |
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The American Academy of Neurology reports that people who exhibit higher language skills as adolescents and young adults in their 20s are far less likely to develop dementia, the Alzheimer's disease, or another type of neurodegenerative mental conditions than others. The research, which is published in the July ... |
9 July 2009
14:41 GMT |
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Experts from the University of South Florida, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center have determined in a new study conducted on unsuspecting mice that the memory impairment brought forth by Alzheimer's disease can be counteracted with the equivalent of five cups of coffee per day. In their experiments, the re... |
6 July 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Experts at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, have found out that the tau protein can spread throughout the human brain with relative ease, and that it can also trigger the development of Alzheimer's disease. They have also managed to learn that its structure is similar to that of the prion proteins ... |
8 June 2009
07:08 GMT |
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Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common forms of heart disease in the world, and its main effect is that it causes disorders in the natural rhythm of the organ, thus exhausting it and eventually making it fail altogether. Now, American experts from the Intermountain Medical Center, in Salt Lake City, believe th... |
15 May 2009
10:18 GMT |
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A new scientific study has uncovered the fact that Alzheimer's patients find it difficult to separate important information from less important one even early in the onset of the disease. This is a very important find, as it could help researchers get a more thorough insight into how the disease acts on the huma... |
4 May 2009
06:37 GMT |
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In most people, their most powerful memories are those of a single event, such as a birth, a funeral, a death, a birthday party, a wedding proposal, and so on. And while everyone knows this, scientists have found it close to impossible until now to understand what exactly is going on inside the brain that allows them... |
19 March 2009
10:16 GMT |
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Over the past few years, advancements in the field of opthalmology have allowed physicians to take better care of patients suffering from widespread diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. A new device that can scan the retina in a non-invasive manner has been devised recently, according to researchers at... |
19 January 2009
05:44 GMT |
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Fat, sugar and cholesterol are the three main "ingredients" that cause the brain tangles associated with some forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's. Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center scientist, Susanne Akterin, announced on Friday that mice fed with fast food products for n... |
1 December 2008
05:38 GMT |
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The world-famed author delivered a petition to the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday, urging the government to substantially increase the allotted funds for medical research in various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson and multiple sclerosis. Pratchett himself has been diagnosed wit... |
27 November 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Recent medical studies managed to prove that polyphenols, compounds that can be found in red wine, play a crucial role in stopping the development of Alzheimer's, as well as in reversing its effects, on mice models. This seems to explain why French people, who eat a lot of fatty foods, have a lower risk of devel... |
24 November 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Vitamin B3 seems to hold many surprises in store for researchers, as evidenced by the latest discovery related to it, when scientists learned that a compound of the vitamin, named nicotinamide, showed an incredible potential in stopping the development of severe Alzheimer's symptoms, such as acute memory loss an... |
5 November 2008
06:22 GMT |
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A new study shows that people with mothers having Alzheimer's may themselves be predisposed to the disease, suggesting that the condition could be related to an unbalance in the way the brain handles sugar, which is most likely genetically inherited. "Overall, these findings show that their brains are not workin... |
31 July 2008
04:26 GMT |
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A review regarding the findings of the 90+ Study in the United States, the biggest study on dementia and other health factors in the country, found recently that women with ages over 90 years are more likely to have dementia than men. The original study involved the investigation of 911 people with ages over 90 and i... |
3 July 2008
03:59 GMT |
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For those of us who still doubted it, scientific research brings further proof of the fact that fruit really are the quintessential fountain of life, a never-ending source of potent beneficial substances that can help fight off Alzheimer's and prolong our lives, as well as improve the functioning of our higher r... |
9 June 2008
04:53 GMT |
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The intense use of mobile phones can affect brain activity to a slower level, but they can also enhance the user's capability to focus on specific problems. These conclusions have been reached by Radboud University of Nijmegen and Brainclinics Diagnostic, a group of independent Dutch scientists doing individual ... |
11 September 2007
05:03 GMT |
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