Archives - Monday 16 June 2008
HIV Progression Linked to Apolipoprotein E
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.medpagetoday.com/SAN FRANCISCO -- HIV progression is accelerated by a protein long associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers here.
State baby boomers face 'escalating epidemic' with Alzheimer's
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 22:40 - http://newsok.com/Alzheimer's disease now is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and Oklahoma, and public health officials believe that ranking will go up.The Centers for Disease Control and...
Baby boomers face 'escalating epidemic' with Alzheimer's
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 22:40 - http://newsok.com/Alzheimer's disease now is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and Oklahoma, and public health officials believe that ranking will go up.The Centers for Disease Control and...
CPAP Improves Cognition in Patients With AD and OSA by Increasing Total Sleep Time
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 21:27 - http://www.medscape.com/A preliminary study in 52 patients suffering from both Alzheimer's disease and obstructive sleep apnea shows improvement in their cognitive abilities after 3 weeks of continuous positive airway...
Researchers are quick study when assessing drugs for Alzheimer's disease
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 20:07 - http://www.huliq.com/Researchers are actively cutting the time and cost it normally takes to develop radiopharmaceuticals by taking advantage of "Exploratory Investigational New Drug" (ExpIND), an FDA-sanctioned...
Janssen Sues Sandoz Over Alzheimer’s Drug
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 19:49 - http://www.fdanews.com/Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson company, has filed a lawsuit to prevent Sandoz from marketing a generic version of the Alzheimer’s treatment Razadyne ER 8, 16 and 24 mg.
RIKEN Identifies Potential Drug for Alzheimer's : Video Report
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 18:43 - http://www.japancorp.net/A team from the Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience at RIKEN is conducting various research on Alzheimer's disease especially in the study of somatostatin, a neuropeptide that inhibits the...
Photo: 115-year-old Brain Works Fine, Debunks Alzheimer Myth
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 18:42 - http://www.nationalledger.com/What senior moment? Scientists say the world’s oldest living person, 115-year-old Hanrikje van Andel-Schipper, had a sharp mind right up until her death in 2005. She even joked that pickled...
Molecular imaging sheds new light on progression of Alzheimer's disease
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 18:42 - http://www.huliq.com/In the past, physicians were able only to follow the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) through careful clinical histories, noting the often subtle changes associated with cognitive decline...
The APCs of nerve cell function
Published on Monday 16 June 2008 - 18:14 - http://www.physorg.com/Rapid information processing in the nervous system requires synapses, specialized contact sites between nerve cells and their targets. One particular synapse type, cholinergic, uses the chemical...
