All posts tagged 'Alzheimer’s disease research'

‘Brain Pacemakers’ Tested To Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on January 21st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

With research on Alzheimer’s drugs suffering recent setbacks, scientists are trying a new tack with the disease: deep brain stimulation, namely mild electrical shocks to the brain, according to the Associated Press. http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/187650581.html Ohio State University is doing a study of what AP called “brain pacemakers” for Alzheimer’s. Several dozen..
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Sad Bottom Line On Alzheimer’s Disease Remains The Same: No Cure

Posted on August 30th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

 There has been news in recent weeks of two tests that appear to positively identify Alzheimer’s disease long before its symptoms appear: PET scans of Alzheimer’s plaque in the brain and tests of spinal fluid.   But as The New York Times pointed out in a Page One story Sunday, scientists still don’t..
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MIT Researchers Find That Gene May Help Slow Down Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on July 25th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the cruelest maladies that can be inflicted on a person and their family. It can rob someone of not only their memories, but their dignity. And loved ones are tormented as the man or woman they spent their life with doesn’t even know who they are. So..
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