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  • Earlier AD diagnosis creating demand for early-stage support groups
    July 1, 2005

    Many people are being diagnosed earlier in the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) because of improving sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic techniques and increased awareness of the disease. Health care professionals, the...

  • Alzheimer's Disease Centers program celebrates 20th anniversary
    February 1, 2005

    The year was 1984. Ronald Reagan was campaigning for his second term in office. Prince and the Revolution had the top pop song, When Doves Cry. At the Oscars, Terms of Endearment won best picture. The Soviet Union pulled out of the summer...

  • Researchers find genetic influences on memory performance in familial AD
    July 16, 2004

    Genetics may influence memory performance in families with a history of Alzheimer’s Disease according to researchers writing in the February 10, 2004 issue of Neurology. Previous human genetic studies focusing on memory have been...

  • Researchers find genetic influences on memory performance in familial AD
    July 16, 2004

    Genetics may influence memory performance in families with a history of Alzheimer’s Disease according to researchers writing in the February 10, 2004 issue of Neurology. Previous human genetic studies focusing on memory have been...

  • Using marketing principles to improve clinical trial recruitment
    April 1, 2004

    Successfully recruiting participants for clinical trials is a challenge that crosses all medical disciplines, but is particularly difficult in the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. The nature of the disease, the need to...

  • Using marketing principles to improve clinical trial recruitment
    April 1, 2004

    Successfully recruiting participants for clinical trials is a challenge that crosses all medical disciplines, but is particularly difficult in the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. The nature of the disease, the need to...

  • New neuroimaging and biomarkers in MCI and AD initiative
    August 1, 2003

    A new National Institute on Aging (NIA) initiative will launch a multi-year neuroimaging study using serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans to examine how brains change as mild cognitive...

  • End-of-life legal instruments
    August 1, 2003

    What sets Alzheimer's disease apart from many other terminal diseases is the progressive, irreversible loss of cognitive abilities, which begins early and becomes increasingly worse. The majority of patients arrive at the later stages...

  • Alzheimer's disease and end-of-life issues
    August 1, 2003

    Despite our best research efforts, Alzheimer's disease remains incurable. Researchers are using sophisticated technologies to pinpoint how AD progressively steals memories and destroys personality; and yet, AD remains irreversible....

  • New neuroimaging and biomarkers in MCI and AD initiative
    August 1, 2003

    A new National Institute on Aging (NIA) initiative will launch a multi-year neuroimaging study using serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans to examine how brains change as mild cognitive...

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