Estimates of Young-Onset Dementia Prevalence Just Doubled
A meta-analysis of 2.8 million people estimates 119 in 100,000 develop dementia before age 64—twice the previous estimates. Prevalence increases with age and strikes men and women equally.
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A meta-analysis of 2.8 million people estimates 119 in 100,000 develop dementia before age 64—twice the previous estimates. Prevalence increases with age and strikes men and women equally.
Collaborative research directed by Floyd E. Bloom of Neurome Inc. and the Scripps Research Institute shows that dramatic changes occur in the brains of mice expressing mutant human forms of AβPP long before any Aβ has been deposited...
Researchers working on NSAIDs as potential treatments for AD are discussing whether a large ongoing prevention trial of two such anti-inflammatories is testing the right drugs.
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For the first time, a paper details a molecular mechanism that links tau to Aβ toxicity at the synapse...
Scientists have uncovered a fresh clue in the mystery that is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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Experimental evidence and plain common sense tell us that neurons lose activity in Alzheimer disease...
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