Colombian cluster of early-onset Alzheimers may hold key to future cure

Antioquia, Colombia (CNN) — It’s a cruel disease that strips away a person’s identity until they can no longer remember their loved ones or feed themselves. But normally, Alzheimer’s does not attack until old age. For some, though, it strikes early — beginning its attack in their late 30′s. Now, one cluster of Early-onset Alzheimer… [Continue Reading]

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FDA may approve Alzheimer test for living patients

Image via Wikipedia One of the many frustrations of Alzheimer’s disease is the difficulty in pinpointing just who has it. According to published research, as many as one in five people told they have Alzheimer’s are mislabeled. A definitive diagnosis can  be made only after death, by an autopsy that reveals a distinctive buildup –… [Continue Reading]

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Sargent Shriver, Dead at 95

Image via Wikipedia Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps, the 1972 Democratic vice presidential nominee and a trusted Kennedy in-law who was known as the family troubleshooter, is dead at the age of 95. Shriver, who had Alzheimer‘s disease, was hospitalized earlier in the week in Bethesda, Md., a Washington, D.C. suburb. Shriver’s… [Continue Reading]

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