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Christine Kennard

posted 07/21/2008, comment (1)

Plaque Removal Fails to Prevent Alzheimer’s

In what is bound to be viewed as a significant setback, the results of vaccine trials aimed at removing amyloid β plaques from the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, have failed to prevent or reverse dementia. The disappointing news appears in the July 19 edition of The Lancet Professor Clive Holmes and his team from the Memory... Read more Chevron

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Leah

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has vascular dementia

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posted 07/13/2008, comments (6)

Illuminating Thoughts!

What a great way to possibly improve one's quality of life-and an easy one, too. Bright lights! Carol Bradley Bursack's blog about the Dutch study re: bright lights and melatonin hit a nerve with me today. Having suffered from Seasonal Affective Disorder for almost forty years (back when it was hardly even being talked about), I have known... Read more Chevron

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Christine Kennard

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posted 05/27/2008, comment (1)

Short Term Use of Antipsychotic Drugs in Older People with Dementia Risky

It is estimated that 3-10 percent of all hospital admissions for elderly patients are due to adverse drug reactions. Thirty percent of all prescribed drugs in the US are taken by people over the age of 65 years and it is projected that by the year 2030 that will rise to 40 percent. Over 90 percent of people over the age of 65 yrs take at least one... Read more Chevron

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