'Largest' Alzheimer's gene study
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Alzheimer disease experts at Cardiff University lead a study involving the analysis of 14,000 DNA.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease may progress faster in patients with high blood pressure or a type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, a new study found.
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WEDNESDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke and head injury trigger a cellular chain of events that increases the risk of Alzheimer&#39;s disease, a new study says.
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Scientists show how having a stroke - or even snoring heavily - can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Some bad news has emerged from a study of an enzyme that is a major target in the effort to find new drugs to fight Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists believe they are much closer to pinpointing the genes for prostate cancer after carrying out the biggest study yet to identify the inherited causes of the disease, it emerged today.
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Mutations in the gene that regulates body weight have a significant impact on obesity, says a German study in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Genetics.
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One thousand people around the world are to have their genomes mapped in an effort to understand how genes influence disease.
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A massive new study of the genetics of autism could lead to diagnostic tests and, eventually, to the identification of new drug targets.
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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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THURSDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are launching a major population-based study to examine the genetic and environmental factors that may cause many diseases, including asthma, Alzheimer's, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease and reproductive problems, among others.
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Neurochem hints at the data for its Alzheimer's disease drug candidate.
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A new analysis may help detect the earliest signs of cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease.
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Australian researchers said they had developed a new skin test which can identify potential victims of Alzheimer's disease early.
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UK researchers have published the results of the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases.
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from smoke to soap - can be used to predict Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists have discovered. The smell test was as effective at diagnosis as a memory test, and better than a brain scan.
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MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Home visits by researchers may help increase the number of caregivers who are willing to enroll Alzheimer&#39;s disease patients in clinical trials, a new study finds.