Archive for March, 2011

Alzheimer’s disease a growing concern among Utahns

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Alzheimer’s disease is claiming more and more Utahns every year, leaving families all but destitute in its wake, losing most of what used to be all too familiar.

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Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Changes Found In Cognitively Normal Elders With Amyloid Plaques

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Potential to identify at-risk individuals may open the door for preventive therapies Researchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta – the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients – also had changes in ... continue reading

Let research outpace Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Let research outpace Alzheimer’s

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Indications of Alzheimer’s may be evident decades before first signs

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Washington, Mar 29 (ANI): Researchers have found that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be detectable approximately 20 years prior to the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Caring for those with Alzheimer’s disease

Monday, March 28th, 2011

PORTSMOUTH — While Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 5 million Americans and is the nation’s seventh-leading cause of death, experts say several misconceptions still exist.

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