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Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 14:16 - http://www.healthjockey.com/Alzheimer s disease is known to be the most common human dementia and therefore puts forth a massive burden on patients, caregivers and society at large. The molecular pathways which apparently...
A healthy dose of sick lit
Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 11:09 - http://books.guardian.co.uk/I have very limited tolerance for malady memoirs, but Frigyes Karinthy's astonishing account of his own brain tumour almost cured me of my aversionPublishers love to flog fads to death. Consider...
Mental issues not always Alzheimer’s
Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 07:00 - http://www.imt.ie/Doctors in France have warned colleagues not to assume that elderly persons who exhibit signs of Alzheimer’s disease actually have the disease and to investigate alternative causes. The advice...
Cancer drug may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease
Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 00:36 - http://www.retirementhomes.com/Researchers in the United States recently announced that a drug used to treat a certain type of cancer may be able to treat Alzheimer's disease. Reuters reports that the drug has shown potential in...
Soluble amyloid beta-protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 22:35 - http://www.physorg.com/Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common human dementia and as such confers a huge burden on patients, caregivers and society. The molecular pathways leading to AD are not well understood, but...
Puzzling claims over brain games
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 19:23 - http://www.nhs.uk/"People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer,” according to BBC News. The website said that mentally stimulating activities may protect the brain from memory loss but also...
Nobel Prize-winner finds new path for Alzheimer's drug
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 16:34 - http://www.fiercebiotech.com/After 25 years of ongoing research, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Greengard is unveiling a new pathway at work in Alzheimer's--a discovery likely to trigger a fresh burst of R&D work around a...
Exercises Slow Dementia at First, Then Speed it Up?
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 15:52 - http://www.redorbit.com/(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You've heard that activities like completing crossword puzzles, reading a book and listening to the radio may protect your brain from dementia. Now, a new study shows those...
Eisai announces initiation of Alzheimer's drug study
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 14:53 - http://behavioralhealthcentral.com/Sep 02, 2010 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) --'Eisai, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, has announced the start of the first patient enrolled clinical study with BAN2401, a monoclonal antibody that is...
Eisai Announces The Start Of The First Clinical Study Of Ban2401, A Novel Monoclonal Antibody Targeting Neurotoxic Protofibrils
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 13:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, President & CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") announced today the start of the first patient enrolled clinical study with BAN2401, a novel monoclonal antibody...
