Finding Alzheimerâs Before a Mind Fails
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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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People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults with memory   complaints, despite normal test results, may actually be   exhibiting the earliest sign of dementia, according to a study   conducted at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New   Hampshire.
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SUNDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Watching a loved one slowly succumb to the memory-robbing illness known as Alzheimer's disease can be devastating.
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USA - People with mild Alzheimerâs disease make more mistakes on a driving test than older people with no cognitive problems, according to a study published in the September 14 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of
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Older Americans play with video games that promise to keep their minds sharp. Some do crossword puzzles, try to master foreign languages or learn to play musical instruments -- all in the hope of staving off Alzheimer's. Now, a growing body of research is offering tantalizing evidence that a brisk...
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a small study suggest that antibody therapy may improve the thinking ability of patients with Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
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Having more years of formal  education delays the memory loss linked to Alzheimer's disease,  but once the condition begins to take hold, better-educated  people decline more rapidly, researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer's disease lurking in patients' spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new computer-aided analysis technique may help spot early signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.
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A new study will look at the brains of Alzheimer&#39;s patients to see if various scans can chart the disease and if new drugs can slow it down, doctors said on Wednesday.
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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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A simple scratch and sniff test may help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer&#39;s disease, researchers said on Monday. They found that patients with early Alzheimer&#39;s disease may be
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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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Good news for aging hippies: smoking  pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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New tests involving blood and brain  scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer&#39;s disease, and brief  appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely  to develop it, researchers said on Sunday.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDayNews) --  A new technique may someday be able to stop Alzheimer's disease before it starts.