4 – Alzheimers

THURSDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) — Symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may be harder to detect in people over 80, according to a new study that examined the relationship between age-related brain shrinkage and Alzheimer’s-associated memory loss.

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( University of California – San Francisco ) A UCSF analysis of published studies on the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and smoking indicates that smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for the disease. After controlling for study design, quality of the journals, time of publication, and tobacco industry affiliation ... continue reading