News & Highlights
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Genes and their functions
Diciembre 1, 2002
A gene provides the code, or blueprint, for the type and order of amino acids needed to build a specific protein. Everything in the body is made up... -
NIA expands genetics research: Families with multiple AD cases sought
Diciembre 1, 2002
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is accelerating the pace of Alzheimer's disease genetics research with a major new initiative to speed the... -
Genes and their functions
Diciembre 1, 2002
A gene provides the code, or blueprint, for the type and order of amino acids needed to build a specific protein. Everything in the body is made up... -
NIA expands genetics research: Families with multiple AD cases sought
Diciembre 1, 2002
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is accelerating the pace of Alzheimer's disease genetics research with a major new initiative to speed the... -
Diet rich in foods with vitamin E may reduce Alzheimer's disease risk
Junio 26, 2002
A new population-based study of antioxidants, appearing in the June 26, 2002, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests that a... -
Tips for caregivers: When driving should stop
Junio 1, 2002
What course of action is open to the caregiver of a person with Alzheimer's disease when faced with clear evidence that driving should stop? How... -
Driving and dementia: Health professionals can play important role
Junio 1, 2002
As a person ages, driving skills change due to both muscle and vision degeneration, slowing reaction time, and the effects of illnesses and... -
Minority outreach workshop blends spiritual and practical
Junio 1, 2002
Successful outreach to educate minority communities about Alzheimer's disease is built on relationships that take time to establish. A key... -
Tips for caregivers: When driving should stop
Junio 1, 2002
What course of action is open to the caregiver of a person with Alzheimer's disease when faced with clear evidence that driving should stop? How... -
Driving and dementia: Health professionals can play important role
Junio 1, 2002
As a person ages, driving skills change due to both muscle and vision degeneration, slowing reaction time, and the effects of illnesses and... -
Minority outreach workshop blends spiritual and practical
Junio 1, 2002
Successful outreach to educate minority communities about Alzheimer's disease is built on relationships that take time to establish. A key... -
High homocysteine levels may double risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, new report suggests
Febrero 13, 2002
People with elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood had nearly double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a new... -
Gap in reading levels may explain apparent differences in cognitive testing
Diciembre 15, 2001
The research of Jennifer Manly, PhD, and colleagues at Columbia University suggests that methodological and analytical approaches, not actual racial... -
Gap in reading levels may explain apparent differences in cognitive testing
Diciembre 15, 2001
The research of Jennifer Manly, PhD, and colleagues at Columbia University suggests that methodological and analytical approaches, not actual racial... -
Alzheimer's disease clinical trials expanded, expedited
Septiembre 20, 2001
As part of intensifying efforts to expand and expedite the search for Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatments, the National Institute on Aging (NIA)... -
Breakthrough mouse model for Alzheimer's more like human disease
Agosto 23, 2001
In a breakthrough with important implications for research on Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (FL) have... -
Scientists zero in on enzyme at work in Alzheimer's disease
Febrero 26, 2001
Experiments in a newly developed mouse model to determine which of two beta secretases in the brain might be principally responsible for developing... -
Scientists suspect new genetic risk factor for late onset Alzheimer's disease
Diciembre 21, 2000
Three new, separate research studies suggest that a gene or genes on chromosome 10 may be risk factors for late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).... -
New study links head injury, severity of injury, with Alzheimer's disease
Octubre 23, 2000
A new analysis of head injuries among World War II veterans links serious head injury in early adulthood with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in later... -
Nasal Alzheimer's vaccine successfully tested in mice
Octubre 15, 2000
Nasal administration of synthetic beta amyloid peptide reduces potentially damaging Alzheimer's disease-like plaques in the brains of test mice...
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