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Next-Generation Longevity Drug Works Mouse WondersA potential longevity-enhancing drug has passed its final animal testing challenge, pushing closer to reality the dream of all-purpose drugs against diseases of aging. Mice given the new drug, called SRT1720, gorged on high-fat food for four months without gaining weight or developing diabete ... |
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Ask the Next President to Make Alzheimer's Disease a PriorityThe Alzheimer's Association is seeking 50,000 signatures for its Proclamation to the Next President. The proclamation details the urgency of finding a way to cure or prevent Alzheimer's disease before... ... |
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Risk of Developing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Linked to Environmental ThreatsImage courtesy of Age Healthy Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are driven largely in part by environmental factors, a study released last week found. The report, Environmental Threats to Healthy Living, is a comprehensive review of research on the influences that the environme... |
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Gene Scan of Alzheimer's Families Identifies Four New GenesThe first family-based genome-wide association study in Alzheimer's disease has identified the sites of four novel genes that may significantly influence risk for the most common late-onset form of the devastating neurological disorder. In their report in the November 7 American Journal of Human ... |
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High-fat diet could promote the development of Alzheimer'sA team of Université Laval researchers has shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer's disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed a diet rich in animal fat and poor in omega-3s. Details of the study-which suggests that diets typical of most industrialized countries prom... |
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Sensitive Archers plot wins plauditsA long running storyline in the Archers radio soap has been commended for its sensitivity and accuracy by the Alzheimer's Society ... |


