| Study Finds Mix of Disease Processes at Work in Brains of Most People with Dementia |
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| June 13, 2007 -- Few older people die with brains untouched by a pathological process, however, an individual’s likelihood of having clinical signs of dementia increases with the number of different disease processes present in the brain. |
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| Early Results from Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Biomarker Project Show Promise for Faster Study of Therapies |
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| June 10, 2007 -- Alzheimer’s disease researchers may be able to reduce the time and expense associated with clinical trials, according to early results from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a public-private research partnership organized by the National Institutes of Health. |
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| Can an Omega-3 Fatty Acid Slow the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease? |
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| May 10, 2007 -- NIH-supported researchers are launching a nationwide clinical trial to test whether an omega-3 fatty acid can impact the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. |
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| NIA Statement: Early Findings from ADAPT Indicate NSAIDS Do Not Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease |
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| April 25, 2007 -- Findings published today from the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT) indicate that the drugs naproxen and celecoxib did not reduce risk for Alzheimer’s disease in an analysis of data from a clinical trial sponsored by NIA. |
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| In Memoriam: Leon Thal, M.D. |
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| February 9, 2007 -- Dr. Leon Thal, one of the world’s leading researchers on Alzheimer’s disease and the head of the National Insitute on Aging’s (NIA) clinical trials consortium, the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), died Saturday, February 3, in a fatal airplane accident near San Diego, his home. |
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| Scientists Find New Genetic Clue to Cause of Alzheimer's Disease |
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| January 14, 2007 -- Variations in a gene known as SORL1 may be a factor in the development of late onset Alzheimer's disease, an international team of researchers has discovered. |
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