Archives - Wednesday 25 June 2008
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 23:44 - http://www.upi.com/Moon-bound NASA spacecraft passes tests … New brain injury therapy is created … Study: Dry Tortugas has signs of recovery … Scientists ID new Alzheimer's disease gene ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Researchers Identify Alzheimer's Gene
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 23:30 - http://www.cbsnews.com/Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it.
Calcium Channel Gene Variant Increases Risk for Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 22:59 - http://www.medscape.com/In a large case-control study, a CALHM1 variant was found to affect calcium permeability and amyloid precursor protein in the hippocampus. Medscape Medical News
Scientists identify gene that may raise risk of Alzheimer's, hints at treatment possibility
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 22:42 - http://www.pr-inside.com/(PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain...
Forgo the Brain Training, Drugs, Vitamins & Meditation and Just Get Some Exercise
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 22:26 - http://psychcentral.com/Earlier this month, PsyBlog wrote a brief summary and synopsis of the current research findings for cognitive enhancers you know, those things that are supposed to help us improve our minds and...
Studies find link between Alzheimer's, Calcium
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 22:00 - http://www.npr.org/Two new studies are likely to change scientists' understanding of Alzheimer's disease, and could lead to better treatments. The studies both find a link between Alzheimer's disease and the way...
Low Childhood IQ Linked to Later Vascular Dementia
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 21:59 - http://www.medscape.com/Low IQ in childhood is a risk factor for later development of vascular dementia, but not Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News
Alzheimer's Foundation Challenges Nation to Contribute to Quilt to Remember
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 21:52 - http://www.prnewswire.com/Gene Variant May Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 21:46 - http://empowher.com/By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered a gene that may make it easier for people to develop Alzheimer's disease, and it could...
Digging the Bible: Truth in every spadeful, it seems
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 21:35 - http://mensnewsdaily.com/The more people sift through the sands of the Holy Land, the more artifacts they turn up - silent witnesses to the lives and times of the razor-thin slice of humanity captured in the Bible. But...
