]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/alzheimers Blog Articles Tagged with 'alzheimers' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/962964?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Now here's something that I don't think anyone expected. A recent paper in PLoS One makes the case that beta-amyloid, the protein that has been fingered for decades as a major player in Alzheimer's disease, is actually part of the body's antimicrobia... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/962964?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:40:10 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/962995?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Doody RS, Pavlik V, Massman P, Rountree S, Darby E, & Chan W. Predicting progression of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2010 Feb 23; 2(1):2. [Epub ahead of print]Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center, Baylor College of Medicine, ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/962995?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:01:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/962644?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers The discoverer of the prostate-specific antigen (Richard Ablin) has a most interesting Op-Ed in the New York Times. He's pointing out what people should already know: that using PSA as a screen for prostate cancer is not only useless, but actually ha... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/962644?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:34 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/962520?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers African-Americans are twice as likely as Caucasians to have Alzheimer s and related memory-robbing diseases, and Hispanics, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, are 1.5 times as likely, according to a new report released this morning... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/962520?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:48:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/962453?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Old Enemy Might Help to Prevent Alzheimer sBy GINA KOLATAThe New York TimesPublished: March 8, 2010 Harvard researchers are taking a new look at beta amyloid, which was thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer s whose function was that of a was... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/962453?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:02:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/962030?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Robert Langreth, an editor at Forbes, points to a possible way that Dimebon could get approval for Alzheimer's: for its behavioral effects, not anything to do with amyloid or memory. I'm not buying it, I have to say. Even Langreth's source admits tha... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/962030?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:04:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/962024?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/962024?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/962058?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-hearty-life/962058?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/flu-patrol/962072?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/flu-patrol/962072?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/alzheimers-notes/962074?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/alzheimers-notes/962074?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/962080?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/962080?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/962086?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/962086?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/962088?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Finding a treatment or a cure for Alzheimer s disease is keeping researchers busy across the world. Unfortunately, they aren t having a lot of success and the latest hopeful entry has turned out to be a bust.Dimebon, a medication that was develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/962088?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/962049?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers A press release from earlier today by Pfizer:Pfizer And Medivation Announce Results From Two Phase 3 Studies In Dimebon (latrepirdine) Alzheimer s Disease Clinical Development Program[snip] About the CONNECTION Study CONNECTION is a Phase 3, multi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/962049?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:22:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/962010?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Bad news on the Alzheimer s drug development front: Pfizer and Medivation announced negative results from a large late-stage trial of Dimebon, thought to be a promising treatment more potent than those currently on the market.Dimebon, you may remem... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/962010?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:42:27 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/961913?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Earlier this month I wrote about Medivation and their Russian-derived clinical candidate for Alzheimer's disease, Dimebon (latrepirdine). At the time, I wrote that A lot of eye-catching numbers from small Phase II trials tend to flatten out in the w... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/961913?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:53:32 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/patients-doctor/961976?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Many good doctors are wary of putting up their own website. They feel that this will be seen to be advertising their practise - something which is unethical and demeaning to their dignity. Doctors are professionals and advertising to solicit patients... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/patients-doctor/961976?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:28:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/961811?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Today's recommended article to read; abstract from PubMed:Bergmans BA & De Strooper B. gamma-secretases: From cell biology to therapeutic strategies. Lancet Neurology. 2010 Feb; 9(2 ): 215-226.Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, VIB, ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/961811?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:03:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/961613?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers From The Times (UK):Fighting Alzheimer's with a touch of beautyA pioneering care project demonstates how literature, music, art and love can improve the lives of dementia sufferers28 February 2010The TimesMargarette Driscoll[snip] In other words, peo... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/brain-blog/961613?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:11:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/960688?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers As a feature of CNNhealth.com, our team of expert doctors will answer readers' questions. Here's a question for Dr. Gupta.From Stanley in New Jersey: With all the different information available on the Web, how does one determine what to look for i... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/960688?rsstype=tag&tag=alzheimers Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:17:53 -0500