News and Features Related to Alzheimer's Disease
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Memory Problem? Watch It, Say Experts
Sept. 12, 2006 -- If older adults say they have significant memory problems, monitor those problems, even if their memory test scores are normal. Brain scans of such people may show less gray matter than those without memory problems, according to a study from researchers at Dartmouth Medical School
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Weight Loss Tied to Early Alzheimer's
Sept. 11, 2006 -- A subtle speeding up of weight loss that can accompany aging may be a very early warning sign of Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests. Older people in the study who were followed for an average of six years lost twice as much weight in the year before the first signs of demen
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Drinking Juice May Stall Alzheimer's
Aug. 31, 2006 -- Drinking fruit or vegetable juice every other day may keep Alzheimer's disease away. A new study shows people who drank fruit and vegetable juices more than three times a week were 76% less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who drank juices less than once a week. Rese
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Enzyme May Help Memory in Alzheimer's
Aug. 24, 2006 -- Scientists have discovered an enzyme that could thwart some Alzheimer's memory problems. Columbia University's Bing Gong, MD, and colleagues describe the enzyme, called Uch-L1, in the journal Cell. Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease erodes memory. Brains affected by Alzheimer's
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Skin Test Confirms Early Alzheimer's
Aug. 14, 2006 - A new skin test confirms a diagnosis of early Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease, report researchers at Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute in Rockville, Md. When people show the very first symptoms of dementia dementia, it's very hard to tell whether they have Alzhei
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An Apple a Day for AD?
Aug. 4, 2006 -- An apple (or two) a day may help keep Alzheimer's away -- and fight the effects of aging aging on the brain. A new study shows drinking apple juice may improve memory by preventing the decline of an essential neurotransmitter known as acetylcholine. Neurotransmitters are chemicals re
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Midlife Test May Predict Dementia Risk
Aug. 2, 2006 -- It might be possible to predict dementia dementia risk decades before dementia starts. Researchers from Sweden and Finland have created a dementia-risk test for middle-aged adults. The goal: Use the test to help spot risk factors that people can change before dementia starts. Miia Ki
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Patch Better for Alzheimer's Drug?
July 19, 2006 -- New research shows that putting the Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease drug Exelon in a patch instead of pills may simplify use and cut the drug's side effect of nausea and vomiting. Bengt Winblad, MD, PhD, and colleagues presented those findings at the 10th International Confe
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Computer Game May Screen for Dementia
July 19, 2006 -- A computer card game may help identify older adults with mild cognitive impairment. So say Holly Jimison, PhD, and Misha Pavel, PhD, of Oregon Health & Science University. Jimison is an associate professor in the medical informatics and clinical epidemiology department. Pavel is a p
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A Vaccine for Alzheimer's?
July 19, 2006 -- After the widely publicized failure of a potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease in 2002, new hope may be on the horizon. According to research presented Wednesday at the 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in Madrid, Spai
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