Cambridge and Swedish researchers report in PLoS Biology that an engineered Affibody binds the amyloid beta peptide, blocking plaque formation and breaking up plaques already formed. Fruit flies bred to make it did not develop the fly version of the disease.
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New test to detect Alzheimer's disease, modified lifestyle to prevent it
Rex Cannon and John Dougherty of the University of Tennessee report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease that their computerized self-test, CST, detected Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairment with 96 percent accuracy, compared with about 70 percent for existing tests.
Environment
Cell Phone Usage May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk
University of South Florida researchers exposed 96 mice, some bred to develop Alzheimer's, to cell-phone-level radiation two hours a day for seven to nine months. Mice not yet impaired were protected, older symptomatic mice improved, and even normal mice showed better memory.
Vitamins
Alzheimer’s news: Cocktail of nutrients helps Alzheimer's patients
MIT's Richard Wurtman and colleagues gave 225 Alzheimer's patients a 12-week drink of choline, uridine, DHA, B vitamins and antioxidants or a placebo. Verbal memory improved in 40 percent on the drink against 24 percent on placebo, with the mildest cases benefiting most. Danone funded the trial.
Lifestyle
Could cell phones cure Alzheimer's disease?
University of South Florida researchers exposed mice to cell phone radiation twice a day for seven to nine months and report Alzheimer's-prone mice avoided the disease while affected mice improved. A Danish cohort found fewer dementia hospital contacts among male cell phone users.
Lifestyle
Cell phone radiation may prevent or even cure Alzheimer's disease
University of South Florida researchers exposed 96 mice, some bred to develop Alzheimer's-like disease, to cell phone radiation. Treated mice matched normal aged mice on cognitive tests, memory loss reversed in older Alzheimer's mice, and the waves erased beta-amyloid deposits.
Miscellaneous
Concussions and Alzheimer's: The High Cost of Playing in the NFL
Autopsies on six former NFL players found all had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, damage from repeated concussions that has been linked to early-onset Alzheimer's and depression. Boston University's Chris Nowinski says a significant share of pros will develop it, often in their 40s.
Nutrition
Alzheimer's prevention: Exercise tops the list
With 35 million people worldwide estimated to have Alzheimer's, this piece argues exercise remains the best-supported prevention. Mice allowed to exercise had 50 to 80% less brain plaque, and in a Columbia study of 1,880 New Yorkers the healthiest diets tracked with 40% lower risk.
Food
Eating garlic may help prevent Alzheimer's
A study by 80 scientists in Nature Genetics identified two more genes tied to Alzheimer's, clusterin on chromosome 8 and PICALM on chromosome 11. The piece pairs it with a 2009 in-vitro study in which garlic extract inhibited beta-amyloid fibril formation and broke up preformed fibrils.
Diet
Genetic mutations raise Alzheimer's risk, healthy lifestyle cuts the risk
Scanning more than 600,000 DNA markers in over 19,000 older Europeans and Americans, 7,000 of them with Alzheimer's, an international team tied two more genes to the disease: clusterin on chromosome 8 and PICALM on chromosome 11. Their effects look smaller than APOE4's.
Disease
Largest ever Alzheimer’s gene study unveils dementia mysteries
A genome-wide study of 16,000 people, published in Nature Genetics, links two genes, CLU and PICALM, to common Alzheimer's disease, while French researchers found a third. They are the first such genes identified since APOE4 in 1993.
Supplements
Vitamin D, curcumin may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's disease (PR)
UCLA scientists and colleagues report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease that vitamin D3, alone or with natural or synthetic curcumin, may stimulate the immune system to clear amyloid beta from the brain. The researchers describe the findings as early.
Food
Dietary patterns affect risk of Alzheimer's disease
A Polish case-control study of 71 Alzheimer's patients and 71 matched controls found the patients' diets leaned toward meat, butter, high-fat dairy, eggs and refined sugar, while the healthy participants ate more grains and vegetables.
Supplements
Omega 3 fatty acid helps healthy people, but not Alzheimer's patients
Two studies at an Alzheimer's Association conference pulled in opposite directions: DHA did not help 402 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's, while another found the omega-3 improved memory in healthy older people over six months. Treatment may need to start earlier, the association says.
Miscellaneous
Women with Greater Language Skills in their Twenties Less Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s
A Johns Hopkins study in the ongoing Nun Study confirms a 1996 finding that nuns who wrote complex sentences in their twenties were less likely to develop dementia. One group carried the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's without memory loss, suggesting a protective mechanism.
Food
That Morning Cup of Ambition May Reverse Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Fifty-five mice bred with Alzheimer's traits were split in two; after two months, those given caffeine in their water did better on thinking and memory tests than the water-only group. The University of South Florida researcher says it is the first work to suggest caffeine can undo damage.
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