Archive for December, 2009

Vascular pathology in familial Alzheimer disease (Science Daily)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

New research demonstrates that presenilin-1 plays a role in the vascular pathology found in Alzheimer disease.

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Sheriff’s deputies searching for missing Alzheimer’s patient (KTHV Little Rock)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

The Hot Spring County Sheriff’s Department needs help finding a 75-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who wandered away from his home Monday night.

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New tech helps cops find missing persons with autism, Alzheimer’s (Daily Herald)

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Safely recovering a missing person with autism or Alzheimer’s today is usually dependent on either good luck or the kindness of strangers.

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Cancer, Alzheimer’s May Stop Each Other (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)

Monday, December 28th, 2009

A study finds that people with dementia are less likely to get cancer, and those with cancer are less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease.

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Drug for Alzheimer’s disease does not appear to slow cognitive decline (Science Daily)

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Although there were promising results in a phase 2 trial, patients with mild Alzheimer disease who received the drug tarenflurbil as part of a phase 3 trial did not have better outcomes on measures of cognitive decline or loss of activities of daily living compared to patients who received placebo, ... continue reading