Developing new treatments for ailments can be a tedious and frustrating process for scientists. Often, newly developed drugs just don’t work the way they were intended, falling short of expectations and leading to a dead end. But other times, a drug developed for one purpose turns out to be even more effective at treating something completely different. That appears to…
According to one study, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma may precede Alzheimer’s. People suffering from these diseases do not have to develop Alzheimer’s . Not much less. But according to a study by the School of Medicine at the University of Washington, the School of Nursing at the university and the Kaiser Permanente Health Institute in Washington, there may be links between three eye…
Scientists have known there is a link between high blood sugar and Alzheimer’s disease—now thanks to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, they’re one step closer to learning why this connection exists. Abnormally high blood sugar levels, or hyperglycemia, occur in diabetes and obesity. People with diabetes are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease compared to healthy individuals, but…
Resveratrol, given to Alzheimer’s patients, appears to restore the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, reducing the ability of harmful immune molecules secreted by immune cells to infiltrate from the body into brain tissues, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. The reduction in neuronal inflammation slowed the cognitive decline of patients, compared to a matching group of placebo-treated patients with…
Very old rhesus monkeys exhibit similar patterns of brain pathology as human Alzheimer’s patients, researchers report in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Researchers at Yale, collaborating with those at Boston University and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, examined brain samples from tissue banks of monkeys that had reached extreme age, and observed neurofibrillary tangles…
Traços de fungos foram descobertos nos cérebros dos portadores de Alzheimer, levantando a questão: a doença poderia ser causada por um micróbio infeccioso? Não há provas conclusivas, mas se a resposta for “sim”, significa que a doença de Alzheimer (DA) pode ser alvo de tratamento antifúngico, informou uma equipe espanhola na revista Scientific Reports. “A possibilidade de que a…
Traces of fungus have been discovered in the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers, raising the question: might the disease be caused by an infectious microbe? There is no conclusive evidence, but if the answer turns out to be “yes” it means Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) may be targeted with antifungal treatment, a Spanish team reported in the journal Scientific Reports. “The…