Month: December 2012

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Would you take a test to see if you have Alzheimer’s Disease?

On December 21, 2012 by

  By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 21, 2012 If you had the opportunity to take a test to see if you are at risk for Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia would you?  This past April, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, an Eli Lilly subsidiary, received FDA approval for AMYViD, the first diagnostic PET tracer for estimation

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Can a diabetes drug help Alzheimer’s patients?

On December 12, 2012 by

  By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 12, 2012 Last year a drug known as AC253, which was intended to help diabetics, was pulled from clinical trials and never made it to market. But medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered that the same drug, AC253, could block the toxic

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Home Alone? Say Hello.

On December 11, 2012 by

By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 11, 2012 How do you feel when you’re lonely?  Empty?  Depressed?  Isolated?  The Amsterdam Study of the Elderly recently concluded that of the 2,000 people who participated in a recent study, 64 percent had an increased risk of the disease if they felt alone. Dr. Tjalling

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Pacemaker-like device studied in Alzheimer’s treatment

On December 6, 2012 by

  Pacemaker-like device may help stimulate memory in Alzheimer’s patients By Kevin Woo  | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 6, 2012 Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say that implanting a pacemaker, the same one that is currently being used for patients with Parkinson’s disease, may help those with Alzheimer’s. The treatment involves delivering electrical charges

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Think Pink Rocks for Breast Cancer Causing Gene

On December 5, 2012 by

  Five years ago, Stephanie Robin began a simple mission to raise awareness for the breast cancer gene (BRCA); now her Think Pink Rocks event attracts a wide variety of hard-to-reach young people and big-name entertainers. By Kevin Woo | December 5, 2012 STEPHANIE ROBIN HAS AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE COLOR PINK. She wears it

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Alzheimer’s drug could stop disease early say UK researchers

On December 5, 2012 by

New Alzheimer’s drug, MK-8931, shows promise for patients By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 5, 2012 The United Kingdom’s Telegraph newspaper reported this morning that in early 2013 a small number of Alzheimer’s patients with mild-to-moderate stage symptoms could get access to a drug currently known as MK-8931. The drug is in

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