June, 2008 Alzheimer's News

June 2008 Alzheimer's News

WAY TO GO: Alzheimer's service honoree
June 30, 2008 - "Whenever I visited my aunt, I noticed the people there don't get many visitors, so I decided to reach out to them with music," said the 17 year old Schneider, who's played piano for 10 years. "Just because they have Alzheimer's doesn't mean they can't have fun."
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Facebook Concepts Indicate Brains Of Alzheimer's Patients Aren't As Networked, Stanford Study Shows
June 29, 2008 -This is your brain on Facebook. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used concepts borrowed from the popular social networking site to analyze the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. They found that patients' brains were less well-connected than the brains of people without the disorder.
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Take a Virtual Dementia Tour
June 28, 2008 -Second Wind Dreams, a national non-profit organization with a mission to change the perception of aging, one dream at a time, has a Virtual Dementia tour kit. It’s a training tool that provides people with the opportunity to experience how it might feel to have dementia.
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Spinal fluid protein points to Alzheimer's test
June 26, 2008 -NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postmortem studies have identified an abnormal complex of two proteins in the spinal fluid of people with various degrees of cognitive impairment. Researchers say it could lead to a test for early Alzheimer's disease.
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Anavex Life Sciences Corp. will present new findings at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease
June 24, 2008 -ATHENS, GREECE - Anavex Life Sciences Corp. ("ANAVEX") (OTCBB: AVXL) announces its participation at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2008 where it will present results obtained with ANAVEX 1-41 demonstrating a protective effect against the neurotoxicity of amyloid (beta)25-35 peptide (A(beta)25-35) in mice.
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New clue to Alzheimer's found
June 23, 2008 - R esearchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia are cluttered with a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein.
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Advance Towards Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis
June 22, 2008 -An Australian research project has found a way to bring forward the detection of early stage Alzheimer’s disease by up to 18 months.
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Grape Seed Extract May Block Alzheimer's Plaques
June 22, 2008 -A compound found in grape seed extract reduces plaque formation and resulting cognitive impairment in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease, new research shows.
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MRI spots early signs of Alzheimer's
June 16, 2008 - A NEW technique for creating images of the living brain, developed by Australian scientists, can spot early signs of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's long before symptoms appear.
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Alzheimer's Disease Supersedes Diabetes As Sixth Leading Cause Of Death In The United States
June 14, 2008 - Alzheimer's disease is now the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics...
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Vaccine Triggers Immune Response, Prevents Alzheimer's In Mice
June 10 , 2008 - A vaccine created by University of Rochester Medical Center scientists prevents the development of Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in mice without causing inflammation or significant side effects.
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Invest In A Future Without Dementia
June 07 , 2008 - Alzheimer's Australia today, released a report 'Australian Dementia Research' that recommends annual funding for dementia research be increased three-fold to $36 million in response to the growing economic and social impact of the dementia epidemic.
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Grey matters: Age as a factor in the election
June 04 , 2008 - In this most unusual presidential campaign, like it or not, voters have had to deal with the issues of race and gender. Now comes the issue of age. Sen. John McCain, if elected at age 72, would become the oldest person (and the first known cancer survivor) to assume the presidency.
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