Drug may block Alzheimer&#39;s
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It might be possible to make a pill that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer&#39;s disease, US researchers have said. Scientists said they had designed a drug that, at least in test tubes, stops the
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Scientists have identified a group  of proteins that together indicate a person has Alzheimer's  disease in what may be a big step toward an accurate test for  the devastating brain ailment.
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The drug Exelon, prescribed to restore memory in Alzheimer's patients, may also offer some help for people who develop dementia from Parkinson's disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Scientists say they have engineered a molecule which could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
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NEW YORK  - In a new report, U.S. researchers describe the improvement in brain function that occurred in a patient with Alzheimer's disease just minutes after receiving an injection in the spine of the arthritis drug Enbrel (also known as etanercept).
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TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Reducing levels of specific toxins in the brain may help stabilize cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease patients.
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A new drug to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease has been approved by Health Canada. It doesn&#39;t cure the disease, but it can slow down its effects, giving patients more mental clarity.
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Researchers may have hit upon a strategy to prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease -- although the technique has only been tested in the lab at this point.
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It might be possible to make a pill  that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer's disease,  U.S. researchers said Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Donepezil, a drug used to treat  Alzheimer's disease, seems to improve the memory of people with  multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report in the journal  Neurology.
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Gene therapy might one day be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, new experiments in mice suggest.
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A small study in which Alzheimer&#39;s patients were given the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor found that their mental capacity stabilized or improved over the course of a year.
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A powerful antioxidant abundant in apples appears to protect the brain against tissue damage characteristic of Alzheimer&#39;s disease and similar degenerative neurological conditions, Cornell University researchers have found.
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A drug used to treat Alzheimer&#39;s may also ease memory problems for people with multiple sclerosis, a disease of the brain and spinal cord, according to a study out today.
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A team of Finnish researchers has developed a drug that could be a major advancement in treating degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's. The team, working with Tampa's Johnnie B. Byrd Sr.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a small study  suggest that antibody therapy may improve the thinking ability  of patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in  the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The blood pressure drug valsartan shows the ability to reduce Alzheimer's disease-like symptoms in mice, researchers report.