Archive for the ‘Alzheimer's / Dementia’ Category
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Transition Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: TTHI, TSX: TTH) today announced the achievement of the patient enrollment target for a Phase 2 clinical study of ELND005 (AZD-103) in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, safety and efficacy study in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
US scientists working with laboratory mice have discovered that complete or partial removal of an enzyme that regulates fatty acid levels lessened the memory and learning deficits of Alzheimer's and could one day lead to a new treatment for the neurodegenerative disease in humans.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Time, travel and other life issues often keep people from seeking information and support, according to the Alzheimer's Association. For those reasons, they are starting a call-in support group for siblings of people with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Sometimes called "young onset," this type of Alzheimer's occurs in people under age 65 - sometimes as young as 35.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Twenty five years ago, November was designated as National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. At the time, fewer than 2 million Americans had Alzheimer's. Today, as many as 5.2 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease - 120,000 of them in Massachusetts. Alzheimer's can occur as young as age 35, and is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the country.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
A new study published in Bioscience Hypotheses, a recently launched Elsevier journal, proposes that some people suffering from Alzheimer's disease experience a reduction in their high blood pressure because of cognitive decline. Publications relating to dementia and blood pressure have been reviewed by the paper's author Dr Sven Kurbel of the Osijek Medical Faculty in Croatia.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
While a study in the October 15, 2008 JAMA demonstrates that B vitamins do not slow cognitive decline once Alzheimer's disease has struck, there is a large body of scientific evidence showing that some nutrients may help keep the brain healthy as one ages. A leading expert thinks the time is now for Baby Boomers to look seriously at maintaining cognitive wellness.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
A clinical trial led by Paul S. Aisen, M.D., professor of neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, showed that high-dose vitamin B supplements did not slow the rate of cognitive decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease. The study will be published in the October 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
For patients with mild- to moderate- Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline was not slowed by the administration of high-dose vitamin B supplementation in an article released on October 14, 2008 in JAMA. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a degenerative neurological disease that is a common form of dementia.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
A landmark study led by North Carolina State University researchers shows that African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher risk of having memory problems - raising the possibility that identifying and treating sleep difficulties in the elderly may help preserve their cognitive functioning.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
A new study (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bihy.2008.04.006) published in Bioscience Hypotheses (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/1756-2392), a recently launched Elsevier journal, proposes that some people suffering from Alzheimer's disease experience a reduction in their high blood pressure because of cognitive decline.
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