TGF-β1 Linked to Plaque Formation
A history of brain injury raises a person’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and many researchers now suspect that the brain’s inflammatory responses to injury may magnify the neurodegenerative process...
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Antibodies Find a New Variety of Alzheimer's Plaque
Researchers in Dr. John Q. Trojanowski's lab at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a new type of lesion in the brains of Alzheimer's patients...
MEDLINE Now Free to the Public
The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database is now accessible free to the general public through PubMed and Internet Grateful Med. Hot links to IGM and PubMed are available on the NLM home page...
Possible New Succeptability Genes for Alzheimer's Disease
Put these two facts together: brain energy metabolism is abnormally low in Alzheimer's patients, and if <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8710088&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r">your mother had Alzheimer's</a> you are more likely to develop it than if your father had Alzheimer's...
Vitamin E, Antioxidants and Alzheimer's Disease
Results released today of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicated that large doses of vitamin E may delay the time at which late-stage Alzheimer's patients must be institutionalized.
Clues from the Colombian Countryside
An enormous extended family living in a rural community in Colombia could provide new insights into environmental and genetic factors contributing to Alzheimer’s disease. All family members who were diagnosed...
Ibuprofen Linked to Reduced Alzheimer's Risk
Ibuprofen and related drugs may reduce a person’s risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease by 30 to 60 percent, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute on Aging...
New Guidelines Proposed for Alzheimer's Disease Postmortem Diagnosis
An international group of researchers* have agreed upon recommendations to revise the criteria for postmortem diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)...
ApoE4 Gene May Be Risk Factor in Only a Subset of Cases
A new study reports that the ApoE4 gene, previously reported to be over-represented among patients with late onset Alzheimer's disease, appears to be a risk factor only among patients who developed the disease before age 70...
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