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New International Alzheimer's Disease Research Network To Be Led By WUSTL
The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will lead a six-year, $16 million international research collaboration dedicated to understanding inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will fund the project. Forms of Alzheimer's disease linked to inherited mutations are rare but have provided scientists with many important insights into the more common "sporadic" forms of the disease.
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Membrane Model May Unlock Secrets Of Early-Stage Alzheimer's
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and three collaborating institutions are using a new laboratory model of the membrane surrounding neurons in the brain to study how a protein long suspected of a role in early-stage Alzheimer's disease actually impairs a neuron's structure and function. The team's findings are reported in a new paper in the Biophysical Journal.
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Royal College Of Nursing Welcomes Government End Of Life Care Strategy, UK
The Royal College of Nursing is encouraged by the Government's plans to increase its investment in training and development of health and social care professionals, as part of the End of Life Care Strategy.
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Researchers Find Link Between Dementia And Sound Processing
People who find it difficult to hear in complex situations with competing noise (such as one conversation among many) are also likely to suffer from mild memory impairment, according to a new study in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Central auditory processing dysfunction is the term that researchers use for this type of hearing disorder.
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NHS Confederation Responds To End-Of-Life Care Strategy
Commenting on the end-of-life care strategy, Steve Barnett, acting chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents over 95% of NHS Organisations, said: "End-of-life care in the NHS needs to be improved - patients want and deserve the right to choose to die in the comfort their own home, as part of a comprehensive and dignified package of end-of-life care.
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Alzheimer's Vaccine Cleared Plaques But Did Not Slow Disease
A new study by researchers in the UK found that a promising vaccine designed to protect against the amyloid protein plaques that form in the brains of people who develop Alzheimer's was effective at clearing the plaques, but it did not stop the neurodegeneration associated with the disease, leading them to question current assumptions about the role that plaques play in the progression of Alzheimer's.
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Dimebon For Dementia: Promising Clinical Trial Results
A new study published in The Lancet has some promising results for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) with the drug dimebon. Researchers show that in patients with mild-to-moderate AD, dimebon significantly improves the clinical course of the disease. Unlike any other approved AD therapy, dimebon resulted in increasing benefits over a 12 month period.
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Video Released Of Rapid Alzheimer's Improvement After New Immune-based Treatment
New research into the treatment of Alzheimer's disease reports improvement in language abilities using a novel immune-based approach. A video accompanying the research, published today in the open access journal BMC Neurology, documents rapid language improvement within minutes of using this new treatment.
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Alzheimer's Australia Vic Announces Dementia Awareness Week 2008
Alzheimer's Australia's major annual awareness campaign, Dementia Awareness Week, will kick off this year on Friday 19 September and conclude on Friday 26 September. The theme this year is 'Mind your Mind, and reduce the risk of dementia'. To mark Dementia Awareness Week, and to coincide with World Alzheimer's Day on Sunday 21 September, Alzheimer's Australia Vic will open up its doors in Hawthorn for a 'Mind your Mind' themed Open Day.
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Extra Care Housing Enabling More Older People And Those With Dementia And Long-term Conditions To Live In A Home Of Their Own, UK
Health and Care Minister Ivan Lewis today (Monday 21 July) announced the sites that will benefit from £80million of Government funding to build extra care housing, enabling more older people and those with dementia and long-term conditions to live in a home of their own. He will today be presenting the successful Barnsley extra care housing scheme with a cheque for £3.8 million together with Sir Michael Parkinson.
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