Showing posts with label Alzheimers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alzheimers. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010

Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Getting the right care

Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Getting the right care I've been taking care of my mom for a few months now.  She has a diagnosis of AD, and her neurologist says it's pretty advanced.  I'm not satisfied with the care she's getting, so I've contacted a major medical school with a great reputation and am going to have her seen there. She was living [...]

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Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer’s plaques

Alzheimers Disease wrote a new blog post: Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer’s plaques In Alzheimer’s disease, the problem is amyloid-β, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of amyloid-β have a fatal problem: they need to enter the brain and remove the plaques without attacking healthy brain cells. A new breakthrough from the laboratory [...]

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