7 hours ago by Alvaro Fernandez

Dr. Michael Merzenich, Emeritus Professor at UCSF, is a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. In the late 1980s, Dr. Merzenich was on the team that invented the cochlear implant. In 1996, he was the founding CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIL), and in 2004 became co-founder ...

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13 hours ago by pharmafeed

FDA approved the first generic versions of Alzheimer drug Aricept (donepezil hydrochloride) orally disintegrating tablets. Donepezil hydrochloride is indicated for the treatment of dementia related to Alzheimer disease. The new generic tablets, manufactured by Mutual Pharmaceutical, have been approv ...

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1 day ago by pharmafeed

Elan Corporation, plc and Transition Therapeutics, Inc. today notified clinical investigators of modifications to the Phase II study AD201 and open label extension study AD251 for ELND005, a compound being developed for the potential treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The AD201 study is evaluating th ...

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1 day ago by dr john

from Tom Naughton at the 'fat head' blog: "Researchers are only recently discovering that both fat and cholesterol are severely deficient in the Alzheimer’s brain. It turns out that fat and cholesterol are both vital nutrients in the brain. The brain contains only 2% of the body’s mass, but 25% of t ...

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2 days ago by Deborah Tornillo

In my dream An elderly gent Flowing, white hair Comforted me In my despair. Mesmerized By his love, His blue eyes As heavenly As the sky above. Words not spoken Filled my mind. I understood then His message, His message of time. A message of hope And, of courage. A message of ...

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2 days ago

TheMedGuru More Leptin May Mean Less Alzheimer's WebMD This association was seen even after they adjusted for the impact of midlife abdominal obesity, or belly fat , which has recently been identified as an early ... Leptin: Controlling your weight and risk for Alzheimers Examiner.com all 201 news a ...

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2 days ago by Chris

My Dad has started to get a wee bit confused and forgetful, so things like this are really interesting to me. Tom Naughton pointed this out There is a clear reason why statins would promote Alzheimer’s. They cripple the liver’s ability to synthesize cholesterol, and as a consequence the level of LDL ...

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2 days ago by gina

Dr. Oz suggests that the secret to good mental health may be in the use of Turmeric. He thinks that the reason people in India have a lower instance of Alzheimer’s is because they use a lot of turmeric in their food. Researchers’ initial findings support this idea. Turmeric has attracted attention i ...

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3 days ago by Caregiver

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia which is an umbrella term for several symptoms related to a decline in thinking skills and progressive deterioration of brain performance. Common symptoms include a gradual loss of memory, problems with reasoning or judgment, disorientation, di ...

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3 days ago by Joseph Potocny

Yes that is my take on this. They do not have a clue to what they are doing. NEW STUDY: Gist of the study is that those who have 5 cups or more of coffee each day can slow the onset and progression of Alhzeimer's. Now is what few cells I have left are working, I believe studies in not to distant pas ...

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