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Plan for Diminished Mind Often Forgotten
(Source: Chicago Tribune) - Many retirees avoid planning and protecting their finances taking into account the possibility of dementia.
Alzheimer's Vaccine Clears Plaque but Not Cognitive Decline
(Source: Today @ UCI) - Results of University of California (Irvine) study indicate that a promising vaccine being tested for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease does what it is designed to do - clear beta-amyloid plaques from the brain - but it does not restore lost learning and memory abilities.
An Alzheimer's Garden
(Source: Daily Planet) - In recent years the design of residences for people with Alzheimer's has evolved in leaps and bounds.
A Diagnostic Test for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease
(Source: GEN) - A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease could be launched in the UK by this summer.
Protein Factory Implanted in Alzheimer's Patient's Brain
(Source: Business Wire) - A new method to treat Alzheimer's disease is being tested at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden.
One Third of Dementia Risk Due to Small Vessel Disease
(Source: Science Daily) - Autopsy data from a long-range study of 3,400 men and women found that the brains of a third of those who had developed dementia showed evidence of small vessel damage: the type that can come from hypertension or diabetes.
Mechanism Behind Alzheimer's Disease Clarified
(Source: Korea Times) - A group of neuroscientists at Columbia University has shed new light on a possible remedy for Alzheimer's disease by clarifying how it leads to memory loss and cognitive malfunction.
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