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2 Eye Tests for Alzheimer’s

March 25, 2014 2 Comments

VIDEO+ARTICLE Simple eye tests have the potential to transform the way Alzheimer’s is detected and managed. Find out how two quick, low-cost Alzheimer’s eye tests

Blood Test May Prevent Alzheimer’s

March 17, 2014 2 Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE Doctors think many Alzheimer’s drug trials fail because it is too late to cure the disease by the time people notice it.

Did Aluminum in Englishman’s Brain Trigger Alzheimer’s?

February 16, 2014 11 Comments

Although many researchers have tried, no link between aluminum and Alzheimer’s has ever been proven. Learn of a new finding regarding a job-related case of aluminum exposure. It

Pfizer’s Video Game to Detect Cognitive Differences in Alzheimer’s

January 12, 2014 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE Pfizer and Akili Interactive Labs are developing a video game to detect cognitive changes in people at-risk for Alzheimer’s. This is the

10th Annual National Memory Screening Day

November 1, 2013 No Comments

Memory concerns? Interested in learning about brain health? Take part in this week’s 10th annual National Memory Screening Day.

F18 Picks Better Participants for Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials

April 28, 2013 1 Comment

GE has new F18 technology to detect Alzheimer’s plaque. It lets doctors see “how much” Alzheimer’s a person has. Eisai (maker of Aricept®) is working

Seeing Dementia’s Tau Tangles

April 24, 2013 No Comments

ARTICLE ON TRACERS + VIDEO ON TAU 2 new PET tracers promise to change the face of diagnosing and researching dementias such as Alzheimer’s. Learn how

F18 Alzheimer’s Tests Approved in Europe

January 20, 2013 No Comments

F18 allows doctors to “see” the plaques that cause Alzheimer’s on a PET scan of a living brain. It was approved in the U.S. in

MRI Screens Will Change Dementia Diagnostics in 2013

January 6, 2013 No Comments

Can new MRI technology effectively & non-invasively diagnose the type of dementia that is afflicting a person?

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