August Alzheimer's News

Alzheimer's Microchip Promises to Help Families Keep Loved Ones Safe
August 31, 2007 - A new microchip promises to help families keep track of and keep safe loved ones suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but is already stirring up controversy. Up to 200 Alzheimer's patients living near Palm Beach, Fla., will be implanted with the VeriChip for free in the next week, ABC News reports.  
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Statin Treatment May Curb Alzheimer's Brain Changes
August 29, 2007 - People who take statin drugs may be less likely to develop the brain changes that signal Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. This is the first direct evidence that widely usedheart drugs .  
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Vaccine Thwarts The Tangles Of Alzheimer's
August 22, 2007 - A new study by NYU Medical Center researchers shows for the first time that the immune system can combat the pathological form of tau protein, a key protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
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Incident dementia in women is preceded by weight loss by at least a decade
August 21, 2007 - Women with dementia had lower weight than controls starting at 11 to 20 years prior to the index year, and the difference increased over time through the index year. We found a trend of increasing risk of dementia with decreasing weight in women both at the index year (test for linear trend; p < 0.001) and 9 to 10 years before the index year (test for linear trend; p = 0.001).
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Scientists study fronto-temporal dementia.
LONDON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- British scientists have started a two-year pilot project to investigate the genetic links behind fronto-temporal dementia. The researchers, led by Dr. Adrian Isaacs of the MRC prion unit, said the disease, which results in profound personality and behavioral changes, appears to have a much stronger genetic link than does Alzheimer's disease.
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Enhancing Peripheral Sink Scours Brain of Amyloid
August 15, 2007- Passive immunotherapy for Alzheimer disease relies on circulating anti-amyloid antibodies to lure amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides out of brain tissues. Now, Berislav Zlokovic and colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical School in New York unveil an entirely new way to clear amyloid
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Aricept Also Eases Severe Alzheimer's
August 12, 2007- A drug that's been a mainstay of treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease symptoms is also safe and effective for people with more advanced stages of the disease, a new study suggests. Aricept (donepezil) is already FDA approved to treat people with severe Alzheimer's, based on previous studies.
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Metal ions linked to Alzheimer's.
August 9, 2007- (UPI) The multi-institutional researchers led by Emory University Professor David Lynn have determined the metal ions bind in a manner that might be toxic to neurons involved in such diseases as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. .
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Alzheimer's Protein Implicated in Glaucoma
August 7, 2007- (HealthDay News) The same protein fragments that form plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease appear to cause the death of retinal cells in glaucoma, the potentially blinding eye disease, British researchers report.
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Drug Improves Symptoms Of Severe Alzheimer's Disease
August 3, 2007 -  A drug initially used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease improved the memory and global function of people with severe Alzheimer's disease and was safe and effective, according to a study published in the July 31, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Reversing The Signs Of Alzheimer's
August 2, 2007 -   Biologists at the University of St Andrews have developed man-made compounds capable of blocking a nerve cell interaction known to lead to the symptoms of the disease.  The researchers have shown that it is possible to reverse some of the signs associated with Alzheimer's.
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