Archives - Thursday 31 July 2008
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:44 - http://www.upi.com/GLAST detects 12 gamma-ray bursts … Drug shows promise as Alzheimer's therapy … Scientists create a nanoscale scale … DNA changes in depression, suicide found ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Singletons have greater Alzheimer's risk, study says
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:41 - http://www.ctv.ca/Living with a partner or spouse decreases a person's risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, new Swedish research suggests.
Marriage, the Secret Way to Forget about Alzheimer s Risk
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:34 - http://www.efluxmedia.com/Marriage or having a partner halved the risk of developing dementia, a new Swedish research study...
Alzheimer's breakthrough recorded using brain stimulation exercises
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:30 - http://www.cnw.ca/Ashby Memory Method "like taking your brain to the gym" CALGARY, July 31 /CNW/ - The Alzheimer's Innovation Institute Inc. of
Exploring Family History May Reveal Missing Chapter in Alzheimer's Mystery
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:07 - http://www.webwire.com/CHICAGO — Analyzing family histories of Alzheimer's disease reveals that the gene most often associated with the disease does not provide a complete picture of overall risk, according to new...
Does Being Single Increase Risk Of Dementia? Alzheimer's Society
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/Alzheimer's Society comment: Living with a partner in midlife can reduce your risk of dementia, according to new research presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease. 'Some...
Thyroid Function Linked to Alzheimer's Disease in Older Women
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.medscape.com/Older women who have high or low levels of the thyroid hormone thyrotropin have more than twice the risk for the development of Alzheimer's disease vs those with more moderate thyroid hormone...
Promising New Drug Development Announced at Alzheimer’s Conference
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 22:51 - http://www.healthnews.com/The 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD) is taking place this week, July 26-31, at McCormick Place in Chicago. More than 5,000 world-renowned researchers from 60 countries...
ICAD: Monoclonal Antibody that Binds to Amyloid Found Safe in Alzheimer's
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 22:51 - http://www.medpagetoday.com/CHICAGO -- An investigational monoclonal antibody that binds to beta-amyloid was well tolerated by Alzheimer's patients in a 12-week phase II study that was too short to establish meaningful...
Researchers Link Solitude, Alzheimer’s
Published on Thursday 31 July 2008 - 22:18 - http://chicagoist.com/New research presented yesterday at the aforementioned International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease found that those living alone when middle-aged are 40 to 50 percent more likely to develop...
