Alzheimer’s Disease memory loss ‘could be reversed by arthritis protein’

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Alzheimer’s Disease memory loss could eventually be reversed, after scientists discovered that a chemical naturally produced by the body to fight arthritis also works on the brain condition.

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Lilly’s Alzheimer Flop Prods Collaboration

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Aloysius Alzheimer would no doubt be chagrined to see how much science still doesn’t know about the brain disease to which his name has stuck.

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Alzheimer’s discovery brings hope

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Sydney - It seems too good to be true: a treatment for the brain-wasting disease Alzheimer’s that doctors could be prescribing in just five years’ time.

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Alzheimer’s Association to hold brain workshop

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

The Alzheimer’s Association will hold a workshop, ” Maintain Your Brain : How to Live a Brain Healthy Lifestyle,” 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St., in Monterey. Reservations required by July 27.

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Alzheimer’s disease may damage brain

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Alzheimer’s disease has long been studied primarily as a disease of neurons. But researchers have now shown how the disease may be damaging the brain by choking off blood flow. In experiments published June 10 in Neuron, scientists at Rockefeller University reveal that amyloid-, which builds up around brain cells ... continue reading