4 – Alzheimers

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

High blood pressure, evidence of arterial disease and markers of inflammation in the blood in middle age appear more common in individuals whose parents have Alzheimer’s disease than in individuals without a parental history of the condition, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, ... continue reading

JAMA. 2009;302(15):1707-1708. As many as 5.3 million persons in the United States are living with Alzheimer disease, and an additional 10 million US baby boomers are projected to be at risk over their lifetime.

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