Alzheimer’s risk can be detected 10 years before symptoms, study finds

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

In a DW interview, a Lund University scientist says his team has doubled the early detection period for Alzheimer’s. He hopes this will lead to better therapies for patients, as they may be able to be started earlier.

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Sharing memories: Alzheimer’s Association hosts presentation

Friday, December 9th, 2011

A community activities program operated by the Alzheimer’s Association is helping to fight the fear of diagnosis by engaging people in the early stages of the disease

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Alzheimer’s vaccine triggers brain inflammation when brain amyloid burden is high

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Patients with Alzheimer’s disease who are in the early stages of their illness will likely benefit most from vaccine therapies. This study is the first to show that mice with a large brain burden of amyloid protein — representative of many patients now receiving immunization — were much more likely ... continue reading

North Bay researchers hope for breakthrough on Alzheimer’s

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

‘‘I’ve lost myself,” a patient named Auguste Deter told German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in the early 1900s.

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Drug firm in Alzheimer’s ‘boost’

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

Plans to treat more patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease with drugs could have a “huge impact” on the Welsh economy, it is claimed.

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