Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease News

• Can Walking Speed, Hand Grip in Middle Age Predict Dementia Risk?

  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) — How fast you walk or how strong your grip is in middle age might help predict your odds for dementia or stroke later in life, a new study suggests. Tests assessing walking speed and grip can be easily performed in a doctor’s office, noted study author Dr. Erica C. Camargo, [...]

• Sleeplessness Tied to Early Alzheimer’s, Study Says

  By Maureen SalamonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) — Poor-quality sleep may have worse effects than simple fatigue: A preliminary new study suggests it’s linked to the buildup of brain plaques seen in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis monitored the sleep patterns of 100 mentally healthy people [...]

• Brain Scans May One Day Be Used to Predict Dementia

  TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) — Using brain scans, researchers were able to monitor mental decline over a two-year period in people without dementia and even predict the disorder before it happened, according to a new report. Scientists may one day be able to use brain scans to track the effectiveness of medications designed [...]

• Overeating Linked to Memory Loss, Mental Decline

  MONDAY, February 13, 2012 (Health.com) — Older people who consume a diet very high in calories may be increasing their risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the memory loss and mental-function problems that sometimes precede Alzheimer’s disease. In a new study of more than 1,200 people in their 70s and 80s, Mayo Clinic researchers found that [...]

• In Mice, Cancer Drug Shows Effect on Alzheimer’s Symptoms

  THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) – The cancer drug bexarotene quickly eliminates Alzheimer’s disease-associated amyloid beta from the brain and reverses memory problems in mice, a new study finds. The results suggest that bexarotene could possibly help the approximately 5.4 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. However, [...]