New Alzheimer’s drug shows early promise

An experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug, gantenerumab, may help lower levels of amyloid plaque in the brains of people with the Alzheimer’s disease, an early clinical trial indicates.The new study, which appears online Oct. 10 in the Archives of Neurology, is among the first to show the effects of an anti-amyloid drug in humans with Alzheimer’s disease, but experts caution that while promising, more…

Diabetes doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s

Found a Japanese study that in addition to the risk of heart disease and stroke, which may be caused by diabetes, the disease increases dramatically the risk of his patients, and in later age, Alzheimer’s or other forms of diseases of dementia, which is exacerbated with age.

In the study, more than a thousand people of both sexes…

Unveiled a new method to detect lung cancer

Lung cancer strikes, it often spreads silently in more advanced stages before being discovered. In a new article published in Nature Nanotechnology, engineers and biomedical scientists at the University of Missouri reveal how their discovery could provide a warning signal earlier than that

Early detection can save lives, but there is currently no proven screening available for lung cancer, “said Michael Wang, MD, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomical pathology and…

New hope for Alzheimer’s patients by using skin cells

Scientists in the United States succeed of using the skin cells of a woman in her thirties, and convert them directly into mature nerve cells similar to those found in the brain using a procedure represents a revolution in medical innovation.

Discovered Five Genes Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease

A group of scientists who are conducting experiments on the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, the discovery of five new types of genes related to Alzheimer’s disease.

These scientists hope that this Alzheimer’s disease discovery to find out the reasons that make some people more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease, which leads to partial loss of memory and the cure is not available yet.

A group of scientists in Britain and the United…

Protein discovery helps to predict Alzheimer’s

Germans Researchers discovered a kind of proteins in spinal fluid can be used to predict possible disease senile dementia known as Alzheimer’s.

The researchers found that patients who suffer from high levels of a chemical substance, a protein called…

Parkinson’s Disease Patients More Susceptible To Cancer

A recent study suggested that patients with Parkinson’s disease may suffer an increased risk of cancer tumors and prostate cancer and the risk which may extend to their relatives.

A researchers from the University of Utah School of Medicine discovered the possibility of such a link between Parkinson’s disease and some type of cancer after analyzing the data of people from the state of Utah, which included the birth and…

Alzheimer’s disease is suppressed by insulin

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and that their expression is can be suppressed by intravenous infusion of low-dose insulin as For the first time made on Alzheimer’s disease and it’s relation with insulin administration , researchers have found that peripheral blood mononuclear cells and 3 other proteins involved in the pathogenesis decline of Alzheimer’s .

and as researchers said it will make new line for insulin to developed as a therapeutic agent…

Alzheimer’s disease

In late 2008, there were 30 million people suffering worldwide and is expected to end this year the figure will rise to approximately 34 million. In Europe are 6.1 million people suffering from Alzheimer’s and experts warn that next year this number will double. Disease prevalence is between 3-5% in people over 65 years and doubles every year over this age.

Alzheimer’s disease treatment

What are the stages of Alzheimer’s dementia? Alzheimer’s disease has three stages: * Easily denial stage symptoms, spatial disorientation in unfamiliar areas, short-term memory problems, decreased performance at work. Often the symptoms pass unnoticed, are minimized or attributed to age. However, easily the most important stage for the diagnosis and therapeutic intervention for maximum efficiency.