Archives - Sunday 16 November 2008
Key Contributor to Alzheimer Identified
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 23:31 - http://www.tfot.info/Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper identifying, for the first time, a specific...
Milford Library News for Monday, Nov. 17
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 21:17 - http://www.milforddailynews.com/Milford Library News for Monday, Nov. 17
Alzheimer's Foundation to hold memory screenings
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 20:23 - http://www.montereyherald.com/The Alzheimer's Foundation of America will hold memory screenings from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at 399 Drake Ave. in Monterey. The face-to-face screening takes about five to ten minutes and consists of...
Comment on Alzheimer’s Drug to Treat Binge Eating Disorder by Neuroskeptic
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 20:19 - http://brainblogger.com/Hmm - that's interesting. I wonder how it works (if it does?) I'd have thought that any appetite suppressant would be effective in B.E.D - does memantine suppress appetite? It's a D2 agonist,...
Sharp-witted elderly shed insight on dementia
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 18:03 - http://www.reuters.com/CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who manage to keep a razor-sharp memory well into their 80s appear to have fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer's than those who age normally, U.S....
Scientists Unlock 'Super-Aged' Brain
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 18:00 - http://www.redorbit.com/A new finding suggests older adults with fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer's stay sharper throughout life than those who age normally."This new finding in super aged...
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Diseases Could Be Halted By Protecting Neurons
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 17:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/Researchers at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slow the degeneration of neurons, a condition...
Substance in Red Grapes and Wine Key to Alzheimer’s Disease
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 16:47 - http://www.prweb.com/Scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have figured out why a substance in red grapes and red wine lowers amyloid beta levels that accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer s...
Pylons, high-voltage cables ‘double dementia-related death risk’
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 13:11 - http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/People who live close to pylons and high-voltage cables double their risk of dying from Alzheimer s disease and senile dementia, a shocking new study has claimed.'According to boffins, a direct...
Educated people less prone to Alzheimer’s
Published on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 08:16 - http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/A new study has bolstered the theory that education can delay the onset of the dementia and cognitive decline that are characteristic of Alzheimer s disease'During the study, researchers at the...
