Alzheimer's Association News
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For several years, researchers have been trying to understand a condition that’s haunting players of contact sports with symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democrat, and William Cohen, the chairman and chief executive officer of the Cohen Group, took a trip down the rabbit hole last night.
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Scientists have glimpsed proteins turning into the distinctive clumps of Alzheimer’s disease, an action that takes a millisecond or less, providing researchers with clues on drugs to target the ailment.
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Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost 1 percent of the gross domestic product globally this year and that treatment tab will grow, making urgent the need for more research toward a cure, an advocacy group said.
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People who are genetically susceptible to developing Alzheimer’s disease may be able to reduce their risk with exercise, a study found.
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Doctors should screen for Alzheimer’s as soon as mild cognitive symptoms occur and encourage genetic testing for patients, according to the first new guidelines for the disease in almost three decades.
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Head injuries may more than double the risk of dementia in military veterans, a study found.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Dinakar Singh discovered in 2001 that his 19-month-old daughter, Arya, had a crippling genetic disease called spinal muscular atrophy.
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Eli Lilly & Co. said patients with Alzheimer’s disease whose conditions worsened upon taking the experimental drug semagacestat didn’t improve after dosing was halted.
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Almost 15 million people care for U.S. patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, providing 17 billion hours of unpaid help valued at $202.6 billion, an advocacy group said.
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