Filed in archive
Alzheimer's Disease
, Studies
, Weight Loss
, Women's Health
on July 17, 2010
A recent study found that there is a direct relationship between excess weight in older women and diminished memory. The study, headed by Dr. Diana Kerwin from the geriatrics division of the Northwest...
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Alzheimer's Disease
, Diagnostics
, Information About
, Studies
on March 19, 2009
The genome biomarker data for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is ready to be shared with scientists world-wide for further analysis. Such were the announcement of the Founda...
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Alzheimer's Disease
, Studies
, Treatment
on February 17, 2009
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An enzyme extracted from fermented soy - Nattokinase - has been found to prevent the build up of certain protein plaques linked to Alzheimer's disease...
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Alzheimer's Disease
, Functional Foods
, Studies
on January 24, 2009
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Drinking apple juice helped mice perform better than normal in maze trials and prevented the decline in performance that was otherwise observed as these m...
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Alzheimer's Disease
, Dietary Supplements and Vitamins
, Studies
on January 23, 2009
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Low Vitamin D levels in the elderly could be linked to cognitive impairment. Such were the findings of a new large scale senior population study.
The stu...
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Alzheimer's Disease
, Dietary Supplements and Vitamins
on November 18, 2008
If you are one of the older member of the population who keeps taking the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba...you may want to throw it away, as the largest and longest study on it didn't show benefi...
Filed in archive
Alzheimer's Disease
, Studies
on July 20, 2008
Dimebon is a drug once used in Russia as antihistamine. Now, initial trials conducted by a team from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston using the drug against Alzheimer's disease has shown prom...
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Alzheimer's Disease
, Studies
on May 9, 2008
According to a study published in the May 6, 2008, issue of Neurology® (the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology), long term use of ibuprofen and other drugs for aches and pain ma...
Filed in archive
Alzheimer's Disease
, Studies
on April 16, 2008
By unhealthy habits it meant drinking and smoking.
As reported recently by American researchers, heavy drinkers and smokers develop Alzheimer's disease seven years earlier than those who do no...
Filed in archive
Alzheimer's Disease
, Mental Maladies
, Studies
on April 10, 2008
As recently reported by Neurology® - the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology - people who have or had depression are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those th...
