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Pratchett Addresses Lib Dem Conference As Voters Back Dementia Research CampaignSir Terry Pratchett is to discuss his experience with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease and demand an increase in government investment in dementia research at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference. Sir Terry's campaign has the backing of leading charities the Alzheimer's Research Trust, Alzheimer's Society and Age Concern & Help the Aged, while a Liberal Democrat MP has described the government's record on dementia research as "shameful".
Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Set To Grow Rapidly WorldwideBy 2010, 35.6 million people are expected to be living with Alzheimer's disease globally, according to Alzheimer's Disease International. The total will probably double every couple of decades and reach approximately 65.7 million by 2030, and 115.4 million twenty years after that, the organization estimates.
Multiple Strokes Rather Than Underlying Vascular Risk Factors Increase Risk Of Post-Stroke DementiaMultiple strokes and the complications and characteristics of the stroke itself are more important predictors of post-stroke dementia than are underlying vascular risk factors. As such, providing the best possible stroke care and secondary prevention measures could reduce the burden of dementia. These are the conclusions of an Article published Online First and in the November edition of The Lancet Neurology.
Increase In Alzheimer's Plaques And Sleep Loss LinkedChronic sleep deprivation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease makes Alzheimer's brain plaques appear earlier and more often, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report online this week in Science Express. They also found that orexin, a protein that helps regulate the sleep cycle, appears to be directly involved in the increase. Neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease often disrupt sleep.
Sleep Deprivation And DementiaA study published in Science has found that levels of amyloid beta, a protein fragment associated with Alzheimers disease, rose and fell in association with sleep and wakefulness in mice. 'It is interesting that there may be a link between sleep and the build up of the protein associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Historic Gene Therapy Trial To Treat Alzheimer's Disease Underway At GeorgetownResearchers in the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center are now recruiting volunteers for a national gene therapy trial - the first study of its kind for the treatment of patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. The phase II study examines the safety and possible benefits of CERE-110. CERE-110 contains a gene and is injected during surgery into a part of the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease.
Poor Money Management May Be Early Indicator Of Alzheimer's DiseaseInability to handle financial transactions or manage money may be an early indicator that a person with mild memory problems soon is likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alzheimer's Disease Center, part of the Department of Neurology. The findings, published in the Sept.
Researchers Identify Protein That Repairs Alzheimer's Brain DamageThe scene plays out a thousand times each day in physicians' offices across the country. An anxious spouse or adult child tells a story of memory loss, poor judgment or erratic behavior in an elderly patient. Those in the room may not realize that this moment has been nearly a decade in the making. It follows a desperate battle that the patient's brain cells have been waging to repair damage caused by the relentless progression of Alzheimer's disease.