Alzheimers Disease: – Teen Charged In Alzheimer’s Patient’s Death
Teen Charged In Alzheimer’s Patient’s Death
Tangipahoa Parish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a teen accused of shooting and killing a man with Alzheimer’s disease.
Leon Thal, UCSD Alzheimer’s researcher, dies in small plane crash
Dr. Leon J. Thal, a renowned researcher in Alzheimer’s disease at the University of California, San Diego, died over the weekend after his small plane crashed in the mountains. He was 62.
Common Anesthetic May Induce Cell Death, Generation Of Alzheimer’s-associated Protein
A new study has found how one of the most commonly used anesthetics may produce Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and colleagues describe the mechanism by which the anesthetic isoflurane may induce both the cell-death process known as apoptosis and the generation of amyloid-beta protein in cultured neural cells.
Lonely people more likely to develop Alzheimer’s, says study
February 6: People who are lonely in their old age are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study of the elderly.
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