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New Treatment Halts Progress of Alzheimer's
Pioneering research by UK scientists shows that a new product - Rember - may slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease by 81% over a year and could offer hope to millions worldwide. Rember is the first drug to act on tangles - protein aggregates that form inside brain nerve cells and are highly correlated with the disease. Patients who received it experienced a significant reduction in cognitive decline over the duration of the phase 2 trial. A confirmatory phase 3 trial is due to start in 2009.
Alzheimer's experts are optimistic about the results. They say that by being the first realistic evidence that a new drug can improve cognition in people with Alzheimer's by targeting the protein tangles that cause brain cell death; these results represent a major new development in the fight against dementia. However, they all agree that larger human trials were now needed. Pioneering research by UK scientists shows that a new product - Rember - may slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's di... more -
Does McCain Have Alzheimer's?
John McCain's age is no joke. He just turn 72 and would be halfway to 73 if elected and sworn in on January 20. That would make him the oldest first-term President ever, two years older than Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 83, but early signs were evident during his first term.
McCain has never had an Alzheimer's test, even though he has 6 of the 10 warning signs , including:
Memory loss.
McCain forgot that he had a personal meeting with Paxson, head of Florida-based Paxson Communications, before he wrote FCC on Paxson's behalf, in his response to the Lobbygate. Even though he said that he did meet with Paxson in a deposition given in 2002. I'm sure McCain wouldn't lie.
Problems with language.
McCain misspoke about Baghdad security last year after his visit there. Although he later apologized, one has to wonder what caused him to misspeak in the first place. He also misspoke saying that "US lives wasted" in Iraq. Why is he misspeaking so frequently?
Poor or decreased judgment.
Voting against the tax cut showed his good judgment. His recent support for the same tax cut indicates huge decrease in judgment. And we're not even started on Iraq...
Misplacing things.
An incident when McCain misplaced his feather caused a brief panic in the campaign.
Changes in mood or behavior.
McCain's mood swings are well documented.
Changes in personality.
We watched McCain changing from a "maverick" to someone dependent on Bush.
It's time for McCain to see a doctor. Let's show some support for McCain's health and urge him to see a doctor.
There's no clear-cut line between normal changes and warning signs. It's always a good idea to check with a doctor if a person's level of function seems to be changing. The Alzheimer's Association believes that it is critical for people diagnosed with dementia and their families to receive information, care and support as early as possible. John McCain's age is no joke. He just turn 72 and would be halfway to 73 if elected and sworn in on January 20. That would make h... more -
Center installs fake bus stop for Alzheimer's patients
Faced with its Alzheimer's residents' tendency to wander away, the Benrath Senior Centre in Dusseldorf, Germany, came up with a novel approach: a fake bus stop (an exact replica of a real one) out front. Straying residents might be attracted to the familiar colors and design of the kiosk (because long-term memory is typically still robust) and wait there for a bus instead of trying to "go home" on foot. But short-term, the resident is typically unaware of how long he has been waiting and will remain until a Centre employee sees him and can guide him back into the home (which often is easy because the resident has by then forgotten why he is sitting there, according to a June dispatch from Berlin in London's Daily Telegraph). [Daily Telegraph (London), 6-3-08] Faced with its Alzheimer's residents' tendency to wander away, the Benrath Senior Centre in Dusseldorf, Germany, came up wit... more
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Exercise slows Alzheimer's brain atrophy
Patients with early Alzheimer's disease who exercised regularly saw less deterioration in the areas of the brain which control memory, according to a study released Sunday at the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Chicago.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies showed that exercise positively affected the hippocampus region of patients' brains, an area which is important for both memory and balance. In Alzheimer's, the hippocampus is one of the first parts of the brain to suffer damage.
Exercise and physical fitness have been shown to slow down age-related brain cell death in healthy older adults, and earlier this month a preliminary study was published showing that exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer's disease.
Now, researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., have used MRI and other neuroimaging tools to analyze how exercise affects the brains of those with early Alzheimer's. Patients with early Alzheimer's disease who exercised regularly saw less deterioration in the areas of the brain which control me... more -
Spot sull'Alzheimer censurato
Spot censurato dal governo Berlusconi
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Medical discovery of the decade?
Scientists at the Institute for Neurological Research at the University of California have tested an injection which treats the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease "in minutes".
The drug is injected into the spinal column and the patient is then tilted to encourage the drug to flow to the brain. The clinic released video footage of the patients being treated to add credence to their claims, in one video, a man recognised his wife just minutes after the treatment and offered her a hug. He not been able to recognise her in years. Scientists at the Institute for Neurological Research at the University of California have tested an injection which treats the sympto... more -
McCain confuses Al-Qaeda with Iran
So much for that foreign policy "experience."
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Alzheimer's Disease (Part 1 of 2) "portrait of a caregiver"
A brief look at what caregivers go through when dealing with Alzheimer's disease! Made by Ryan Pfleger at the Brooks Institute of Photography.
www.ryanpfleger.com for more info
PS. From all of the videos I have ever made (not that many), this gets the best response!
Ryan Pfleger A brief look at what caregivers go through when dealing with Alzheimer's disease! Made by Ryan Pfleger at the Brooks Institute of... more
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