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Vanderbilt researchers announce multi-national collaboration on Alzheimer's disease genetics

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and across the globe, announced today a multi-national collaboration to discover and map all genes relating to Alzheimer's disease through the formation of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project.

1 Feb 2011

PhRMA: 299 medicines under development for prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

An American dies of heart disease every 39 seconds, and African Americans suffer a higher death rate from heart disease and stroke than Americans overall. Partly as a result of having the highest prevalence of high blood pressure in the world, African Americans have a 1.5 times greater rate of heart disease death than other Americans and a 1.8 times greater rate of fatal stroke.

1 Feb 2011

Global consortium aims to discover and map all Alzheimer's genes

The launch of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP) – a collaboration formed to discover and map the genes that contribute to Alzheimer's disease – was announced today by a multi-national group of researchers. The collaborative effort, spanning universities from both Europe and the United States, will combine the knowledge, staff and resources of four consortia that conduct research on Alzheimer's disease genetics.

1 Feb 2011

Walk briskly to boost memory

Researchers have found that older adults who took a brisk walk three times a week did better on memory tests and increased the size of their hippocampus, a portion of the brain involved with memory formation.

1 Feb 2011

Elderly Americans most likely to have one or more cognitive disorders: AHRQ

Slightly over 5 percent of the nearly 39 million Americans age 65 and older in 2007 reported one or more cognitive disorders, such as senility or dementia, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

29 Jan 2011

CIHR announces $8.6 million for new research on Alzheimer's disease

the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of State for Seniors, today announced $8.6 million for new research on Alzheimer's disease.

29 Jan 2011

Study aims to determine risk of dementia, cognitive decline in middle-aged people

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers are co-leading a national study to examine whether middle-aged people's physical health influences their risk of dementia later in life.

28 Jan 2011

'Alzheimer's has the power to bring the country to its financial knees'

Starting this year, more than 10,000 baby boomers a day will turn 65. As these baby boomers age, one of out of eight of them will develop Alzheimer's – a devastating, costly, heartbreaking disease. Increasingly for these Baby Boomers, it will no longer be their grandparents and parents who have Alzheimer's – it will be them.

27 Jan 2011

How estrogen decreases risk and delays onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease

An influential article in the journal Progress in Neurobiology provided one of the first comprehensive reviews of how estrogen potentially can protect against Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.

27 Jan 2011

Potential therapy to enhance memory and prevent loss of long-term memory

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a therapy that may enhance memory and prevent the loss of long-term memory. The research is published in the January 27th issue of Nature.

27 Jan 2011

Researchers show shunt operation can help patients with dementia

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital are the first in the world to show that an operation can help patients with dementia caused by white matter changes and hydrocephalus.

25 Jan 2011

RSPB, Bupa collaborate to bring wildlife gardening for 300 care homes

Bupa and the RSPB have joined forces to bring wildlife gardening to over 300 of the health and care company's care homes in 2011.

25 Jan 2011

p38-targeted compounds hold promise for Alzheimer's disease treatment

Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, has been awarded a $750,000 grant to further her research into a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The grant is from the Edward N. And Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation, and was one of only eight Awards in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research to be given in the U.S. in 2010.

25 Jan 2011

Nutrient 'biomarkers' may help assess nutrient status of elderly people at risk for dementia

Research is trying to determine whether Alzheimer's disease might be slowed or prevented with nutritional approaches, but a new study suggests those efforts could be improved by use of nutrient "biomarkers" to objectively assess the nutrient status of elderly people at risk for dementia.

24 Jan 2011

PenTAG research plays pivotal role in NICE decision to extend availability of Alzheimer's disease drugs

A review of research evidence produced by researchers from the Peninsula Technology Assessment Group, part of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, has played a pivotal role in the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to extend the availability of donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for Alzheimer's disease announced on 18th January 2011.

21 Jan 2011

Delaying onset of Alzheimer's disease by 10 years could potentially eliminate the disease completely

The combined results of a genetic blood test and a five-minute functional MRI successfully classified more than three-quarters of healthy older adults, many of whom were destined to develop cognitive decline within 18 months of testing.

20 Jan 2011

Alternative interventions do just as well as cognitive interventions for reducing 'senior moments'

Trying to stave off senior moments with memory drills and similar brain-boosting activities? A new evidence review suggests that these specific training regimes are not any better than simple conversations at improving memory in older adults.

19 Jan 2011

Deep brain stimulation stabilizes motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease over time

Parkinson's disease symptoms begin subtly and worsen as damage to certain brain cells continues. But an electrical stimulation device implanted deep in the brain and programmed remotely, along with medications, may provide some control of "motor symptoms" common to the disease, such as shaking, stiffness, and loss of muscle control.

19 Jan 2011

Lower levels in plasma of biomarkers beta-amyloid 42/40 increase rate of cognitive decline

Older adults without dementia and with lower levels in plasma of the biomarkers beta-amyloid 42/40 (protein fragments) had an increased rate of cognitive decline over a period of 9 years, according to a study in the January 19 issue of JAMA. The researchers also found that this relationship was stronger among individuals with less education and lower levels of literacy.

19 Jan 2011

Molecular imaging procedure may detect beta-amyloid in brain, increase accuracy of AD diagnosis

Preliminary research suggests that use of a type of molecular imaging procedure may have the ability to detect the presence of beta-amyloid in the brains of individuals during life, a biomarker that is identified during autopsy to confirm a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, according to a study in the January 19 issue of JAMA.

19 Jan 2011

Dementia News and Research

Latest Dementia News and Research

Vanderbilt researchers announce multi-national collaboration on Alzheimer's disease genetics

PhRMA: 299 medicines under development for prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

Global consortium aims to discover and map all Alzheimer's genes

Walk briskly to boost memory

Elderly Americans most likely to have one or more cognitive disorders: AHRQ

CIHR announces $8.6 million for new research on Alzheimer's disease

Study aims to determine risk of dementia, cognitive decline in middle-aged people

'Alzheimer's has the power to bring the country to its financial knees'

How estrogen decreases risk and delays onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease

Potential therapy to enhance memory and prevent loss of long-term memory

Researchers show shunt operation can help patients with dementia

RSPB, Bupa collaborate to bring wildlife gardening for 300 care homes

p38-targeted compounds hold promise for Alzheimer's disease treatment

Nutrient 'biomarkers' may help assess nutrient status of elderly people at risk for dementia

PenTAG research plays pivotal role in NICE decision to extend availability of Alzheimer's disease drugs

Delaying onset of Alzheimer's disease by 10 years could potentially eliminate the disease completely

Alternative interventions do just as well as cognitive interventions for reducing 'senior moments'

Deep brain stimulation stabilizes motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease over time

Lower levels in plasma of biomarkers beta-amyloid 42/40 increase rate of cognitive decline

Molecular imaging procedure may detect beta-amyloid in brain, increase accuracy of AD diagnosis

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