Poor sense of smell may be Alzheimer's
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Difficulty identifying common smells such as lemon, banana and cinnamon may be the first sign of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study that could lead to scratch-and-sniff tests to determine a person's risk for the progressive brain disorder.
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It has long been suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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SCIENTISTS have revealed a top 10 list of smells, including lemons and leather, which can be used to help predict which patients will develop Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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It has long been suspected that man&#39;s best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.
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Add yet another health benefit  to eating the Mediterranean way -- the veggie-rich, meat-poor  diet may slow the progress of Alzheimer&#39;s disease, a study  hints.
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There appears to be  considerable interest among healthy older adults in screening  and treatment for mild cognitive impairment, a condition now  generally considered to be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
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A new study shows that elderly men who walk less than a quarter-mile per day are almost twice as likely to develop dementia as those who walk 2 miles a day.
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NEW YORK  - The smell of black pepper oil appears to ease swallowing difficulties in older people, researchers report.
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SMELLING faeces could soon play a crucial role in detecting the hospital bug Clostridium difficile, scientists said.  The odour from healthy stools and people with infectious diarrhoea differ in their chemical composition.
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New tests involving blood and brain scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and brief appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely to develop it, researchers saidSunday.
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Though Alzheimerâs disease seems to strike suddenly in old age, scientists think it begins long before symptoms occur.
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Older adults with mild cognitive impairment may have problems retaining a mental picture of objects they've just seen -- a subtle memory problem that could serve as an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease risk, researchers reported Monday.
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Though Alzheimerâs disease seems to suddenly strike in old age, scientists think it begins long before symptoms occur.
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NEW YORK  - There appears to be considerable interest among healthy older adults in screening and treatment for mild cognitive impairment, a condition now generally considered to be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
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You walk into the room, but you can't remember why. You've forgotten where you left your keys. Lapses like that seem to be happening more often. The beginnings of Alzheimer's disease? Maybe, maybe not.
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NEW YORK  - The pigment that gives curry  spice its yellow hue may also be able to break up the "plaques"  that mark the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, early  research suggests.
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Of all the senses, Alzheimer&#39;s and dementia patients first lose the sense of smell, and some American scientists recently found 10 specific smells that people lose first.