Loss of smell offers clue to Alzheimer&#39;s
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A patient&#39;s inability to identify common smells such as lemon and soap can help doctors to diagnose early Alzheimer&#39;s disease in those who have developed mild mental problems, researchers said yesterday.
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LONDON - Dogs can be trained to sniff out a tell-tale scent of bladder cancer from urine, early experimental results suggest. The canine&#39;s keen sense of smell allows them to identify those with bladder cancer
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Researchers believe that they have found how the body protects itself against diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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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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Scientists claim a drug can reverse some early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease - with effects seen in 10 minutes.
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Walking can reduce the risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to a new study by a University of Virginia School of Medicine research team.
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SUNDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Cutting calories may halt or even reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's, according to a new animal study.
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The ability to detect 10 smells -- including lemons, lilac, and leather -- can be used to help predict which people with cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists say.
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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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NEW YORK  - Researchers have shown that a common anesthetic gas can cause fragments of a normal brain protein called amyloid-beta to clump together, which is thought to be the main problem underlying Alzheimer's disease. Intravenous anesthetics have less of an effect, the team reports in the journal Biochemistry.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDayNews) --  A new technique may someday be able to stop Alzheimer's disease before it starts.
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Oct. 27, 2004 -- Developing a taste for black or green tea may be delay Alzheimer&#39;s disease, new research shows. A study from England&#39;s University of Newcastle upon Tyne shows that green and black teas may
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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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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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LONDON  - The acute sense of smell that makes dogs useful for detecting illegal substances at airports might also be used to help doctors diagnosis bladder cancer, researchers reported this week in the British Medical Journal.
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A simple scratch and sniff test may  help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer's disease,  researchers said on Monday.
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A highly sensitive new test could lead to a different way to diagnose people with Alzheimer's disease, possibly helping find the illness in its early stages when there might be time for treatment.