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Genentech playing poker with Alzheimer's?

If the market buys into the importance of Genentech's Alzheimer's work, bidding the stock over the current $86/share Roche offer, the deal could be off. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Roche Holding AG, Genentech Inc., Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Alzheimer’s is diabetes of the brain?

Alzheimer’s is diabetes of the brain?ImplicationsIf insulin were well managed by diabetes medication, wouldn't that also prevent Alzheimer's?If insulin is checked to assure that people do not have diabetes, would that turn up a shortage of insulin indicative of a diabetes risk?If someone were to have sufficient insulin, would that...

Tags: insulin, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Alzheimer's is diabetes of the brain?

Cells from the hippocampus treated with insulin and an anti-diabetes drug that promotes use of insulin became much less susceptible to damage from the amyloid beta plaques whose role is considered critical in development of Alzheimer's disease. Proper insulin regulation, in other words, keeps plaques from forming. by Dana...

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Insulin, Diabetes, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Will apple juice or coffee prevent Alzheimer's?

A Scandinavian study says drinking coffee in mid-life can keep you from getting Alzheimer's later in life. The research showed those who drank 3-5 cups per day fared best. Then there's apple juice. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Juice, Apple Juice, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-28

Ginkgo Biloba does not help either

The Journal of the American Medical Association published results from a randomized test of ginkgo and found it does nothing to prevent either Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, American Medical Association, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Is Alzheimer's also heart disease?

Is Alzheimer's also heart disease?Actually, smoking might protect against Alzheimer'sWhen the social security administration was asked whether the reduced number of smokers would have a financial impact, researchers found that smoking had no effect on life expectancy and answered No. That result was unacceptable to a current of thought,...

Tags: Operational accounting, Alzheimer's disease, Social Security

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Is Alzheimer's also heart disease?

We are finding that many of the modifiable health behaviors, like exercise, diet and smoking, that have been historically associated with heart disease are now associated with the development of dementia. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Heart Attack, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Does Prana offer real Alzheimer's hope or head fake?

A substance called PBT2. It transports ions of copper and zinc across the blood-brain barrier, which then break up the plaques which cause Alzheimer's Diseease by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Flurizan failure does not end Alzheimer's hope

Flurizan failure does not end Alzheimer's hopeGlad this company was responsible enough to report its findingsBetter to lose stock value now than lose billions in lawsuits.Hopefully more drug companies will follow their example.

Tags: Flurizan, Alzheimer's disease

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Flurizan failure does not end Alzheimer's hope

Flurizan aimed to stop development of all amyloid plaques. Gamma-secretase modulators GSMs only go after the long ones. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Theory, Alzheimer's Community, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Another amyloid-beta clue to Alzheimer's

The studies help explain why some people found after death to have lots of insoluble Alzheimer's plaques never develop the disease. But it's a long way from understanding the causes to creating a cure. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Patient, Bapineuzumab, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-23

GSMs offer new link between Alzheimer's and heart disease

GSMs offer new link between Alzheimer's and heart diseaseYou've got it wrong!The "plaque" that forms in Alzheimer's disease brains is biochemically and pathologically completely different than the "plaques" that form in arteries with atherosclerosis. The link between these two conditions and treatment thereof that is implied in this article...

Tags: Alzheimer's disease, GSM

Discussion threads 2008-06-14

GSMs offer new link between Alzheimer's and heart disease

What makes GSMs so promising is that, while statins may stop plaque from forming they do nothing about plaque which is there, while with the new drugs "GSM agents actually stick to the Abeta already in the brain, keeping it from aggregating." by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Protein, GSM, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-13

Is Alzheimer's on the ropes?

Is Alzheimer's on the ropes?That would be wonderfulI agree that Alzheimer's is just a terrible disease and also hopeful a cure/prevention can be found. While this does not run in my family, I've seen and heard of the toll it takes on families.Soon we will get a new president that...

Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Pope, God, rope

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

Is Alzheimer's on the ropes?

We may finally be getting to the root of Alzheimer's Disease. Some 32 centers around the country are enrolling patients in 8 new trials of a drug that drags beta amyloid, the protein whose plaques cause brain cells to die, into the bloodstream for disposal. ...

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-18

The fight over statins

Depending on who you read statins like simvastatin and Lipitor are either the "greatest things evah!" or an out-and-out fraud. There are two reasons for this. Studies of long-term statin use are giving results which sometimes appear unclear; and Statins are an enormous...

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, News, Heart Attack, Benefits, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-23

New Alzheimer's test is scary tech

New Alzheimer's test is scary techI'm with you...I have found from sad experience that being informed of an incurable disease usually programs most people to degenerate much faster than they would otherwise have done. Same for low percentage chance curable diseases.I'm familiar with the thought processes and the way the...

Tags: scary tech, Alzheimer's disease

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

New Alzheimer's test is scary tech

I have a secret for you. My grandfather right died of Alzheimer's Disease. He was 86 when he passed away. My own dad came through town, after seeing his father for the last time. Looked like he'd seen a ghost. Needed several stiff drinks...

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Wyss-Coray, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Web-Based Data Quality Assurance Reports at the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC)

A series of approximately 60 tables and reports has been developed for monitoring the quality of data submitted to the Uniform Data Set UDS of the National Alzheimers Coordinating Center NACC. Twenty-nine Alzheimers Disease Centers ADCs, funded by the National Institute on Aging NIA, submit data collected on standardized forms...

Tags: Data Quality, Alzheimer's Disease, Web, QA, SAS Institute, Quality Assurance Supervision

White papers 2007-05-14

Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'

Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'But, will there be aSun Blade available to pull the source, . . hardware may have gone obsolete, . . but none the less, yes a standard would be nice to decide on. Of course, you can't beat a book, . . ....

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Word processors, grid, odf, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenDocument Format, Alzheimer's disease

Discussion threads 2005-12-14