Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Ride(SM) Kicks Into High Gear at Halfway Point

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Alzheimer’s Association and Researchers Double Goal for Petition Signatures Urging Lawmakers to Make Alzheimer’s Disease a National Priority

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A Protein Links Alzheimer’s, Down Syndrome

Friday, May 21st, 2010

THURSDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say a kind of protein that clogs the brain in Alzheimer’s disease also accumulates in the eyes of Down syndrome patients and causes cataracts.

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Alzheimer’s May Stave Off Cancer, and Vice Versa (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovered a bittersweet relationship between two major illnesses: cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

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