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New study links head injury, severity of injury, with Alzheimer's disease
October 23, 2000A new analysis of head injuries among World War II veterans links serious head injury in early adulthood with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in later life. The study, by researchers at Duke University and the National Institute on Aging (NIA...
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Nasal Alzheimer's vaccine successfully tested in mice
October 15, 2000Nasal administration of synthetic beta amyloid peptide reduces potentially damaging Alzheimer's disease-like plaques in the brains of test mice and may one day be tested in clinical trials for its ability to vaccinate against plaque...
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NIA to study COX-2 inhibitor, other NSAID as new treatment for Alzheimer's disease
February 7, 2000The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is launching a clinical trial to determine whether treatment with certain nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) will slow cognitive and clinical decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease...
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Low-dose prednisone found ineffective against Alzheimer's disease; researchers continue to look at NSAIDs, other drugs
February 7, 2000A low-dose regimen of the steroid prednisone, an anti-inflammatory drug, is not effective in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to findings from a new clinical trial. The report, one of the first from a number of...
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"Untangling" tau: New mouse model shows key feature of Alzheimer's disease
November 23, 1999Scientists have succeeded in producing a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease in a laboratory animal model. The much-anticipated transgenic mouse model is genetically-engineered with the human gene coding for a form of the brain protein tau...
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Gene that causes familial British dementia may yield clues to Alzheimer's disease
June 23, 1999Researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have discovered a novel gene, which when mutated is responsible for familial British dementia (FBD), a rare inherited disease that causes progressive dementia like that seen in...
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Study furthers understanding of critical Alzheimer's disease gene
April 7, 1999Researchers have cracked part of the code for an important gene function in familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD), an early-onset type of AD. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Working with cells in culture that...
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NIA launches national study to treat mild cognitive impairment
March 15, 1999The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is launching a nationwide treatment study targeting individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition characterized by a memory deficit, but not dementia. The start-up of the trial,...
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Questions and answers on launch of NIA memory impairment study
March 15, 19991. What is Mild Cognitive Impairment? Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition characterized by memory impairment with otherwise unaffected cognitive functioning. 2. How can MCI be distinguished from normal forgetfulness? Normal...
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Scientists discover new gene associated with Alzheimer's
February 27, 1998University of Pittsburgh researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Cancer Institute report in the March 1998 issue of Nature Genetics the discovery of a new genetic association with Alzheimer's...
