NeuroSearch to Start Alzheimer's Trials, Shares Up
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Danish biotech firm NeuroSearch has found enough patients to start Phase II trials with its NS2330 compound for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, it said on Tuesday.
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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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Australian researchers said they had developed a new skin test which can identify potential victims of Alzheimer's disease early.
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Drugs in development could treat the cognitive deficits caused by Alzheimer's.
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Brightly colored cups and plates seem to help people with advanced Alzheimer&#39;s disease (news - web sites) consume food and beverages, says a Boston University study in a recent issue of Clinical Nutrition.
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WASHINGTON--The National Institute on Aging is launching a landmark study to find neuroimaging and other methods for monitoring the progression of Alzheimer&#39;s disease (AD) aimed at significantly reducing the time and cost of clinical trials.
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About 800 older Americans will be asked to lend their brains to science this spring, part of a major government study to track early Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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A team of Arizona researchers think they've found a gene that could help better predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare will start paying for specialized brain scans in some patients to help determine if they have Alzheimer&#39;s disease, the federal agency that runs the reimbursement program announced yesterday.
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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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An experimental helmet is being tested by scientists as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
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In other health news, early research released today finds a diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids may help protect against Alzheimer&#39;s Disease.
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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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Neurochem hints at the data for its Alzheimer's disease drug candidate.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Could gingko help slow the early signs of dementia seen in Alzheimer's patients? Researchers at Imperial College London say they're launching a study to find out.
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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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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.