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Alzheimer's biomarkers panel not clear-cut after all
Treating Alzheimer's disease early can delay symptoms and improve people's quality of life, and might even change the course of the disease, but it needs an accurate test. In 2007, it looked like we Read more...
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Alzheimer's biomarkers panel not clear-cut after all
Treating Alzheimer's disease early can delay symptoms and improve people's quality of life, and might even change the course of the disease, but it needs an accurate test. In 2007, it looked like we Read more...
Crosswords, reading cut Alzheimer's biomarker
Alzheimer's disease is an awful thing to have to look forward to--mood problems, loss of memory and reasoning, problems with communication. However, doing something as simple as reading a book (or a Read more...
CSF biomarkers could differentiate types of dementia
Dementia can take a number of different forms, each with overlapping symptoms but different outcomes and forms of treatment. In a busy couple of weeks for Alzheimer's disease (see related story), Read more...
Alzheimer's disease imaging signature predicts cognitive decline
Alzheimer's disease is distressing for patients and caretakers alike, and while early treatment doesn't necessarily affect the long-term outcomes, it improves patients' quality of life. Being able to Read more...
Researchers develop simple Alzheimer's blood test
As we age, or as our lives get increasingly busy, we forget things, and joking about "senior moments" is common. But for people with Alzheimer's disease, the forgetfulness and confusion is real, and Read more...
Study links BMI to Alzheimer's, MCI
Body mass index (BMI) has been linked to heart disease, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes and seems to have links with dementia as well--but it's not as straightforward as it seems at first Read more...
Biomarker may signal cognitive decline
Losing cognitive abilities is one of the most distressing symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis. Researchers from the NYU Langone Medical Center, publishing in the Read more...
Pfizer, Exonhit partner on Alzheimer's biomarkers
Paris-based biotech Exonhit Therapeutics has established a research pact with Pfizer to discover Alzheimer's disease biomarkers via a pilot study. The study will use Exonhit's Genome-Wide SpliceArray Read more...
Alzheimer's indicator spikes after surgery
For years, people have talked about the potential of anesthesia being linked to Alzheimer's disease progression without any hard evidence to prove it. With advances in biomarker testing, a small Read more...
Scientists track signal of Alzheimer's link to sleep patterns
Researchers have gathered more evidence that could make sleeplessness a culprit in Alzheimer's disease. They saw that a known marker of the disease, beta amyloid, rose and fell in connection with Read more...
