Category: Alzheimer’s Disease And Dementia
June 25, 2019 – Brain Training
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Anchor lead: Does brain training help stave off Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Education seems to produce a cognitive reserve, helping stave off clinical signs of Alzheimer’s disease even while the biological process continues, research by Rebecca Gottesman, a neurologist …
June 24, 2019 – Education and Alzheimer’s
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Anchor lead: What is the link between education level and Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with more years of education seem to manifest Alzheimer’s disease less often than those with fewer years. Now a new study by Rebecca Gottesman, …
June 18, 2019 – Seeing Change
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Anchor lead: Integrating several pieces of data may point the way toward early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Cognitive testing, brain scans, and many other measures over twenty years in people at risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease may …
June 17, 2019 – Lead Time
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Anchor lead: A new study may point the way to early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Finding out that people are on the road to developing Alzheimer’s disease early may make intervening more effective, and a new test …
April 29, 2019 – Changing Definition
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Anchor lead: Can a new method for assessing early Alzheimer’s point the way to more effective therapies? Elizabeth Tracey reports Removing amyloid from the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease didn’t change disease progression, the latest disappointing study found. Now …
April 26, 2019 – New Alzheimer’s Technique
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Anchor lead: Can a new form of brain imaging help spot Alzheimer’s disease earlier? Elizabeth Tracey reports Alzheimer’s disease may be easier to stop if we diagnose the condition earlier. Gwenn Smith, a brain imaging expert at Johns Hopkins, and …