Put these two facts together: brain energy metabolism
is abnormally low in Alzheimer's patients, and if <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8710088&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r">your
mother had Alzheimer's</a> you are more likely to develop it than if your
father had Alzheimer's...
Results released today of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicated that large doses of vitamin E may delay the time at which late-stage Alzheimer's patients must be institutionalized.
An enormous extended family living in a rural
community in Colombia could provide new insights into environmental and
genetic factors contributing to Alzheimer’s disease. All family members
who were diagnosed...
Ibuprofen and related drugs may reduce a person’s
risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease by 30 to 60 percent, according to a
new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute
on Aging...
A new study reports that the ApoE4 gene, previously reported to be over-represented among patients with late onset Alzheimer's disease, appears to be a risk factor only among patients who developed the disease before age 70...