Brain Games May Help Thwart Alzheimer's: Study

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

By Dr. HADI HALAZUN Worried about Alzheimer’s disease? You may want to finish that game of Sudoku before you read this. Researchers behind a study in this week’s Archives of Neurology say they have a found a link between “brain-stimulating activities” and levels of protein…

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Roche drug shows promise in early Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

(Reuters) – An experimental drug being developed by Roche Holding AG removed amyloid plaques from the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients in a small early-stage study, according to data published in the Archives of Neurology, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday.

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Imaging Test Detects Alzheimer’s Disease That Is Likely To Progress (Medical News Today)

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Early Alzheimer’s disease detected by a compound that binds to brain plaques appears likely to progress into symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease with dementia, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “The concept of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease holds that the Alzheimer’s pathologic ... continue reading