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Famous 1848 Case Of A Man Who Survived A Terrible Brain Injury Has Modern Parallel
published on May 18th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an ...
New Clues On How ApoE4 Affects Alzheimer's Risk
published on May 18th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, but the gene's role in the disease has been unclear. Now, researchers funded by ...
Obama's Grand Plan To Cure Alzheimer's
published on May 17th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Obama's healthcare goals have been controversial at best, and although anti-smoking campaigns and other public health and safety awareness drives have been successful, it's always somewhat dubious ...
Dementia Sufferers More Likely To Die At Home Than In Nursing Homes
published on May 16th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
A new study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found that, at time of death, individuals with dementia are more likely to be living at home than in a nursing home. This ...
Changes In Flies Parallel Sundown Syndrome Which May Be Due To High Dopamine Levels
published on May 15th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a mechanism involving the neurotransmitter dopamine that switches fruit fly behavior from being active during ...
Could A Compound Found In Red Wine And Red Grapes Change The Course Of Alzheimer's Disease?
published on May 14th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
A national, phase II clinical trial examining the effects of resveratrol on individuals with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer's disease has begun as more than two dozen academic ...
Genes And Vascular Risk Modify Effects Of Aging On Brain And Cognition
published on May 12th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Efforts to understand how the aging process affects the brain and cognition have expanded beyond simply comparing younger and older adults. "Everybody ages differently...