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Rember, a new trial drug, is the biggest breakthrough for treating Alzheimer patients with declining memory. The UK scientists hail this achievement as the biggest ever in last 100 years. The drug is still on trial run. Nearly 321 patients with...
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Get moving: The nation’s new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that’s 2 1/2 hours a week.
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A federal transportation investigator says no Texas public safety or federal motor safety officers were on duty when an unsafe bus crossed the border in January hours...
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Wall Street rose moderately early Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve’s plan to buy massive amounts of corporate debt will...
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Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?
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The federal judge overseeing Ted Stevens’ corruption trial says he saw a lawyer making signals from the crowd to the lead witness against the Alaska senator.
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Pfizer Inc., continuing its drive to create more focused business units, told employees worldwide Tuesday it is replacing its current geographic divisions with new ones...
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Wall Street fluctuated sharply in early trading Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve’s plan to buy massive amounts of...
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Drug companies say children under 4 should not be given cough and cold medicines.
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Wall Street is moderately higher in early trading, with investors encouraged by a Federal Reserve plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt from companies.
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The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a suspicious package that turned out to be full of bacon.
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Police were still trying to determine Tuesday why a Louisville woman apparently stabbed her two school-age daughters to death and then shot herself.
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Wall Street looked to recover Tuesday from a huge sell-off the previous session after the Federal Reserve unveiled plans to buy massive amounts of short-term debt to...
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Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday it will pay $62 million to resolve investigations into the marketing and promotion of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa in 32 states and...
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Scientists say what appeared to be an earthquake in northeastern Nevada was actually a seismograph picking up waves from an earlier quake in the Arctic Ocean.
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The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debts in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling...
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The Federal Reserve has announced a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debts in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the...
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You’d hardly know the Democrats have even chosen a presidential candidate, judging from late-night comedy monologues. It was Republican John McCain and _ oh, by...
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Wall Street headed to a shaky start Tuesday after a huge sell-off the previous session, with investors waiting to see if central banks would try to alleviate the...
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The Federal Reserve is providing more details about when it will make billions of dollars in short-term loans available to squeezed banks.
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The former CEO of American International Group Inc., has canceled his scheduled appearance at a House committee hearing examining the chain of events that led to the...
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A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and researchers have used...
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A drug used to lower blood pressure could prevent or delay thousands of Alzheimer’s cases, US research has suggested
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Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer’s disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a...
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A blood test the makers claim can detect Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s up to six years before they take hold is to be launched this summer. The test will...
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A big waistline in your 40s could almost triple the threat of dementia in old age, according to US research.
Obesity is a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but...
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A simple blood test could soon be the best way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and predict risks as early as six years before onset. In a study published on...
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Researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a potentially pathbreaking blood test that could help to identify patients with Alzheimer’s...
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A surprising study of elderly people suggests that those who see themselves as self-disciplined, organized achievers have a lower risk for developing Alzheimer’s...
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The drugmaker Novartis AG said Monday that the European Commission had approved its Exelon skin patch to treat Alzheimer’s disease.The patch, which was approved...
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Alzheimer’s is neurodegenerative disease and can be characterized by progressive mental deterioration together with declining activities of day to day living and...
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Anti-cancer drugs called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been shown to enhance long-term memory, according to scientists at the University of California...
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Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have come up with an astounding finding that says that inflammation as a result of disease or injury acts as a...
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It is for the first time, a human embryonic stem cell has successfully treated a fatal brain and nerve disease in mice. This study is published in the journal Nature...
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Hardly a day passes when we don’t come across new revelations on human brain. Researchers and neuroscientists recently revealed new facts about the Insula and...
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Scientists in Britain claim to have created an antibody that can be used as preventive treatment for people with a family history of...
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This new chemical compound could result in the development of a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. All thanks to the scientists at University of Liverpool...
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This can be considered as an exciting development in the field of biotechnology. We all know that Alzheimer is a disease for which there is still not a permanent cure...
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Researchers have finally completed a blueprint of chromosome 1. The blueprint has 3,141 genes and eight percent of all human genetic information. The study has been...
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Diabetes can be linked as a cause of Alzheimer’s. This is ready to be tested in Alzheimer’s patients. They are given the diabetes drug Avandia to reduce...
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First Alzheimer’s Stamp Unveiled at Alzheimer’s Foundation Conference. (PRNewsFoto/Alzheimer’s Foundation of America)
