Brain Scans Suggest How Alzheimer's Spreads

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

WEDNESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) — Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia appear to spread through linked nerve cells in the brain, new research indicates.

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Warning Sign? Disrupted Sleep Tied to Alzheimer's

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Trouble sleeping in middle age could herald Alzheimer's disease later in life, according to new research linking dementia and slumber.

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Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Alzheimer's disease appears to spread through the brain, traveling from neuron to neuron in much the same way that an infection or cancer moves through the body, new research with mice suggests.

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Brain Scans Show Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Brain scans may someday be a test to predict Alzheimer’s, new research suggests.

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Study: Inherited Alzheimer’s Detectable 20 Years Before Symptom Onset

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

WEDNESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — Inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease may be detectable up to two decades before problems with memory and thinking develop, according to new research.

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