Learning how Alzheimer’s spreads is the brain critical for finding future treatments—especially if science continues to pursue an effective vaccine against Alzheimer’s. Wouldn’t it be great if at that time of birth or very short time afterward if there were a vaccine, an active vaccination that will protect us? Curious? Continue reading?
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Experts are warning that dementia is the greatest health and social crisis of the century as its global financial burden continues to escalate.
The World Alzheimer Report says dementia costs will amount to more than 1% of the world’s gross domestic product this year at $604bn (£388bn).
To put this massive sum into context, if dementia were a country it would be the world’s 18th largest economy. Link to read article
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Simply getting older is not the cause of mild memory lapses often called senior moments, according to a new study by researchers at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. The study, published in the September 15, 2010, online issue of <em><a href=”>Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that even the very early mild changes in memory that are much more common in old age than dementia are caused by the same brain lesions associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. [continue reading…]
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A new Mayo Clinic study found that apathy and depression significantly predict an individual’s progression from mild cognitive impairment, a disorder of the brain that affects nerve cells involved in thinking abilities, to dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia. [continue reading…]
