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A blood test to detect Alzheimer`s early

The test has a specificity of 92.5% and the potential to spot Alzheimer’s in its earliest stages.

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Coffee helps fight Alzheimer`s disease

A new Alzheimer`s study has found that a yet unidentified component of coffee helps fight off the A...

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Progress is seen on a blood test for Alzheimer`s

Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal: A blood test to screen people for Alzheimer`s disea...

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Falls may be early indicator of Alzheimer’s diseas

A new study has found that falling down or losing balance frequently may be early indicators of Alzh...

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Simple lifestyle changes can prevent Alzheimer`s

The biggest risk factors for Alzheimer`s disease are physical inactivity, depression, mid-life hyper...

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Brain injury raises dementia risk: Study

According to researchers, even concussions can raise the risk of developing dementia later in life.

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Eye test `may help detect Alzheimer`s`

Nearly 35 million people worldwide are said to be suffering from Alzheimer`s, the most common form o...

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New approach to prevention of Alzheimer`s

A new research has shown that a little-studied amyloid peptide could play a greater role in promotin...

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Factor X in coffee may fight Alzheimer`s

Researchers believe that substances found in coffee, coupled with caffeine, may have a protective af...

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Chronic stress hastens progression of Alzheimer`s

In a healthy person, the RCAN1 gene helps cells cope with stress. Overproduction, however, can event...

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Ageing brain become less resilient to stress

The findings provide insight into aging and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer`s.

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Broccoli can help beat Alzheimer`s: Study

Sulforaphane, a chemical derived from broccoli, can help keep the brain sharp into old age.

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Alzheimer`s may cause global cash crunch: Experts

Alzheimer`s disease could cause a global cash crunch in coming generations, experts have said.

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Mystery ingredient in coffee helps fight Alzheimer

GCSF is a substance greatly decreased in patients with Alzheimer``s disease and demonstrated to impr...

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Regular exercise could keep Alzheimer’s at bay

Scientists believe the protein PGC-1alpha, which also appears to guard against type 2 diabetes, coul...

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New brain scan can predict Alzheimer`s in advance

PET scans can predict who is likely to suffer from the disease up to a decade before symptoms begin ...

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Stem cell revolution can defeat Alzheimer`s

The new system involves a nurse visiting a `client` at home and taking two egg-cups of blood by syri...

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Potential new drug compound for Alzheimer`s discovered

Oral administration of cysteine protease inhibitor, E64d, reduces build-up of ß-amyloid in the brain...

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Stress ups Alzheimer`s disease risk

Stress hormones leads to the generation of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein in the brain.

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Stress may aggravate Alzheimer`s risk

Don`t stress yourself too much, else an increased release of stress hormones could trigger Alzheimer...

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One alcoholic drink a day keeps dementia at bay

Older people who drink a glass of alcohol everyday are less likely to develop dementia.

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Excess copper, iron linked with Alzheimer`s

The exact causes of neuro-degenerative disorders like Alzheimer`s and Parkinson`s disease are unknow...

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Gene harms brain decades before Alzheimer`s outbreak

CLU gene begins to damage your brain a full 50 years before Alzheimer`s disease shows up.

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Now, an online test for early signs of Alzheimer`s!

It uses computer-based tasks and games to measure different components of memory.

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Blood test to detect early signs of Alzheimer`s `developed`

The test works by measuring levels of a hormone in brain which may decrease in dementia patients.

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Middle aged obesity can trigger Alzheimer`s

Piling on pounds in middle-age makes for greater chances of developing Alzheimer`s as high as 80%.

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Stay slim in mid-life `to stave off dementia`

People who pile on weight in middle age are at higher risk of developing dementia as they grow older...

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`Lithium slows development of Alzheimer`s`

Rate of decline in memory function among those on lithium is significantly less as compared to other...

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Soon, revolutionary jab to halt Alzheimer`s

The vaccine has been proven to halt and even reverse the damage caused to the brain.

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World`s first computerised brain map `created`

It was created by piecing together minute details from brain tissue including millions of genes.

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Brain scans help predict Alzheimer`s

Brain scans may help predict which adults with mild cognitive impairment are likelier to develop Alz...

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Study associates herpes to Alzheimer`s disease

HSV1, the cause of the common cold sore, persists in a latent form inside nerve cells.

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Five genes that hold key to Alzheimer`s `identified`

It may soon be possible to identify patients most at risk from Alzheimer`s disease.

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Insulin could play powerful role in fighting Alzheimer`s

Insulin has the potential to be developed as a therapeutic agent for Alzheimer`s.

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Signs of Alzheimer`s set in decades before

Patients with Alzheimer`s disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain.

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Asthma drug could help fight Alzheimer`s disease

An asthma drug can reduce the formation of a peptide that is implicated in the development of Alzhei...

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Widowhood may raise dementia risk: Study

Widowed people who never remarry are more likely to develop Alzheimer`s and dementia.

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New treatment for Alzheimer`s disease

Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed a new way to deliver drugs directly to brain...

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Here come clues to long-term memory making

Researchers have found a cascade of signalling molecules that usually allow a very brief signal to l...

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High-tech hairnet can speed up Alzheimer`s detection

A revolutionary `hairnet` that tracks brain waves could speed up the detection of Alzheimer`s.

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New study offers hope to those with Alzheimer`s

Transplanting stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood cells may offer future therapeutic benefi...

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Obesity may be linked to dementia

Obesity may also be linked with dementia in later life.

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Liver, not brain, a source of Alzheimer`s

A new study has suggested that the plaques associated with Alzheimer`s disease start in the liver an...

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How diets high in fish oil fight Alzheimer`s

Scientists have found how diets high in Omega 3 oils and low in cholesterol fight Alzheimer`s.

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Now, blood tests can detect Alzheimer`s disease

Scientists have discovered a new technology to diagnose Alzheimer`s disease from blood samples long ...

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Structure of Alzheimer`s protein `cracked`

An international team has uncovered the structure of the toxic protein in the brain.

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Brain chemical boosts memory, could treat Alzheimer`s

Scientists have identified a key chemical that boosts memory, potentially opening the way to newer t...

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US expert panel nod to Alzheimer`s scan

The US FDA said doctors must receive additional training to use the scan.

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Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer`s as President

Former US president Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer`s in 1994.

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Culprit gene behind Alzheimer`s identified

Canadian researchers have identified the gene that destroys brain cells in Alzheimer`s disease.

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