| Int. Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Paris • July 16 - 21, 2011 |
| Tesamorelin Boosts Cognition in Elderly PARIS -- A drug that increases growth hormone release improved several measures of cognitive function in cognitively normal and mildly impaired older individuals, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Alzheimer Hopes Pinned on Family Study PARIS -- Researchers heading a large study of families with genetically determined early-onset Alzheimer’s disease said the program offers some of the best hopes for diagnostic methods and treatments that can benefit patients with the far more common sporadic forms of the disease. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Blood Test May Be New Tool to Detect Alzheimer’s PARIS -- Results with a multi-marker panel of blood proteins and demographic factors corresponded with high accuracy to beta-amyloid plaque burdens seen in PET scans and to clinical diagnoses, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Brain Edema More Common With AD Biologic PARIS -- Cerebral vascular edema occurred much more frequently than previously reported in clinical trial participants treated with bapineuzumab, the investigational biologic drug that scavenges beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, researchers said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Tracer Lights Up Alzheimer’s Hot Spots in Brain PARIS -- Clinical outcomes in cognitively normal or mildly impaired people were successfully predicted with PET scans using the investigational beta-amyloid tracer florbetapir, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Alzheimer’s Drugs Fail to Deliver Survival Benefit PARIS -- A new, more detailed analysis has essentially erased the survival benefit for dementia patients treated with cholinesterase inhibitor drugs, according to the researcher who reported the initial findings in 2008. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Exercise Protects Brain in New Studies PARIS -- Two new studies presented here add to the mountain of research indicating that physical activity in older people keeps their brains active and healthy as well. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Targeting Risk Factors Could Slash AD Numbers PARIS -- If the known risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease were actually modified to a relatively modest degree, nearly half a million Americans with the condition might have avoided it, according to a study presented here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Vascular Defects Predate Cognitive Decline PARIS -- Individuals who lose mental abilities with age often show evidence of cerebrovascular defects years before symptoms develop, researchers said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Mental Losses Common in ex-NFL Players PARIS -- One-third of former National Football League players studied using a spousal survey appeared to have substantial mental deficits similar to those seen in much older people, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Brain Atrophy, CSF Proteins Predict Alzheimer’s PARIS -- Measuring tau and beta-amyloid proteins in cerebrospinal fluid in addition to brain atrophy improves the ability to predict which patients with mild cognitive impairment will progress quickly to Alzheimer’s disease, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Alzheimer’s Patients Not Helped by Antidepressants PARIS -- In patients with dementia, standard antidepressants were no better than placebo at relieving depression symptoms and actually made many of them feel worse, a researcher said here at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| TBI History Doubles Dementia Risk in Vets PARIS -- Older veterans who had suffered a traumatic brain injury in the past -- in combat or not -- were twice as likely to have a subsequent diagnosis of dementia as vets without a history of such injuries, it was reported here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Falls in Elderly Signal Amyloid Buildup PARIS -- Cognitively normal seniors were substantially more likely to suffer falls when brain scans showed large deposits of beta-amyloid plaques in a small study, a researcher reported here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Eyes Spot Early Alzheimer’s PARIS -- The eyes are a window into the brain for many disorders, and Alzheimer’s disease may be no exception, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| ’Normal’ Elderly Often Have Large Amyloid Burden PARIS -- People classed as cognitively normal may still have large beta-amyloid plaque deposits that correlate with diminished mental abilities, a researcher said here. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
| Biomarkers Take Center Stage in Alzheimer’s Field PARIS -- Although disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are still years away, research on biomarkers and imaging techniques for identifying individuals most likely to benefit from them is making great strides, an association officer says. http://www.medpagetoday.com/ |
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Int. Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
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