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Aug 29, 2000 |
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Aluminum and Alzheimer’s Disease: Top researcher Explains the Link
In this exclusive interview, leading researcher Harold Foster Ph.D., explains the link between Alzheimer’s disease and aluminum. Foster is a tenured professor who teaches medical geography and disaster planning at the University of Victoria, Canada, and specializes in the prevention of mortality from chronic diseases. He has written extensively about his Alzheimer’s research findings, including a major study published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.)
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Apr 27, 2005 |
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New Drug Program Helps More Than 100,000 Patients in First Three Weeks
A new program that helps patients in need get prescription medicines is generating an outpouring of inquiries from patients nationwide. |
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Nov 24, 2003 |
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Alzheimer's News: Sage Improves Memory, Study Shows
New research has proved that sage can improve memory, confirming centuries-old theories. British scientists have carried out the first clinical trials with healthy, young adults and found that those who had taken sage oil capsules performed significantly better in a word recall test. |
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Sep 25, 2003 |
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FDA Backs New Alzheimer’s Drug: Memantine
A drug long used in Germany to ease the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease took a step toward the U.S. market on Wednesday when government scientists backed memantine as the first treatment specifically for late stages of the mind-stealing disease. |
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Sep 23, 2003 |
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Diagnosis for Alzheimer’s Tested
Alzheimer’s disease, which can be confirmed only after death, could be diagnosed in its early stages if a new test works as well in humans as animals. researchers hope early diagnoses could lead to treatments that would delay the fatal disease. |
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Jun 11, 2003 |
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New Herbal Therapy Effective in Treating Vascular Dementia
For centuries, the herb Chinese gastrodine has been used in China to treat disorders such as dizziness, headache and even ischemic stroke. research presented today at the American Heart Association's Second Asia Pacific Scientific Forum shows treatment with a gastrodine compound granule is effective in improving impaired memory, orientation, language and other effects of stroke in patients who were diagnosed with mild to moderate vascular dementia (VaD) after their stroke. |
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Nov 22, 2002 |
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Life Expectancy Following Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Depends on Age
The life span of people with Alzheimer's disease depends greatly on the age of the person when Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Determining the survival following a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is important information for helping patients, families, and their caregivers, deal with the illness.
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Oct 28, 2002 |
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Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Slowed by Shunting Cerebrospinal Fluid?
In a first study of its kind, researchers from Stanford University, the University of Washington (Seattle), and the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix tested the hypothesis that improving the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid, the liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord, will slow or stop the progression of dementia in people with Alzheimer's disease.
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Nov 19, 2001 |
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UCLA Study Shows PET Scan Detects Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
Recent UCLA research shows that Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans of the brain can accurately detect early Alzheimer's disease up to 95 percent of the time, helping patients receive prompt medical attention and treatment.
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Aug 01, 2005 |
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How To Keep Your Brain In Shape
Are there days when you think you need a brain transplant? You’re getting those "senior moments" even though you’re only 40 years age? Or at 70 you’re forgetting things you shouldn’t forget? These days with so much talk about Alzheimer’s Disease, it’s easy to assume you may be "losing it". But today there are ways to keep the brain functioning the way it’s supposed to. |
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