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New Alzheimer’s drug may help prevent disease progression

A new drug candidate that may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer’s disease has been developed by scientists

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Mobile phone radiation may reverse Alzheimer’s

Radiations emitted from cell phones may protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has revealed

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Alzheimer could be prevented by keeping check on protein levels

A study suggested that diametric shifts in the levels of two proteins involved in folding, moving and cutting other proteins enables accumulation of the destructive brain plaque found in Alzheimer’s disease

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Removing protein may restore earliest sign of Alzheimer’s

Loss of smell, which is one of the earliest impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease, can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease

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Alzheimer’s damage could be reversed by deep brain stimulation

Jolting the brain with electricity could reverse damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Canadian scientists say

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Forgetting to eat can thin out Alzheimer’s victims

Old people afflicted with the Alzheimer’s may forget to eat and eventually lose weight, a new study reveals

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Weight loss could be early warning sign of Alzheimer’s

People in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease are more likely to have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who did not have the condition

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Soon, people’s noses to tell their Alzheimer’s risk

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the form of a test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s years before symptoms of the killer disease appear, by simply looking at the patient’s nose

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Secret to beating Alzheimer’s lies in potent vaccines

Vaccines need to be given to sufferers in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s to stop it, scientists say

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Hirano bodies may play protective role in progression of Alzheimer’s

For decades, researchers have been baffled about Hirano bodies – extremely tiny objects found in nerve cells of people suffering from conditions such as Alzheimer’s, mad cow and Lou Gehrig’s diseases

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