LearningRx1 alzheimer's | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 21

Getting married may help you avoid dementia

Dec 6, 2017 by

A paper published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery. and Psychiatry found that “lifelong singletons” were 42 percent more likely to develop dementia. This was even after controlling for factors like gender and age....

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Delayed word processing may predict onset of Alzheimer’s

Nov 17, 2017 by

A study of patients with mild cognitive impairment found that the time it takes for a person to process written words may be a good predictor of whether or not they’ll develop Alzheimer’s disease....

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Idea of an Alzheimer’s vaccine shows promise

Nov 15, 2017 by

Research published in Nature Vaccines indicates that a vaccine designed to treat psoriasis and cat allergies also hold promise in the fight against Alzheimer’s....

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LearningRx reviews study on gene therapy and cognitive decline...

Nov 11, 2017 by

A research team in Barcelona has discovered that we may be able to protect against cognitive decline with gene therapy. The therapy works by increasing brain levels of a protein called Klotho....

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How an eye test could detect Alzheimer’s

Nov 3, 2017 by

Researchers have developed an optical imaging system that can detect a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, bringing us closer to being able to diagnose the disease through a routine visit to the optician....

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Algorithm could predict Alzheimer’s risk years before symptoms occur...

Oct 30, 2017 by

Researcher at McGill University in Canada have developed an algorithm that may be able to predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s years before the onset of symptoms....

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