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Progress toward an Alzheimer's drug that saves brain cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flanders Institute for Biotechnology scientists connected to the K.U.Leuven, Belgium, have identified a molecule that can form the basis for a new therapy for Alzheimer's disease. This is the first step toward a medicine ...


Researchers seek to map the brain patterns of Alzheimer's disease

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created Jan 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at UC Davis have launched an innovative study to determine whether closer examination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can detect the onset of Alzheimer's disease even before patients begin to show the ...





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Can exercising your brain prevent memory loss?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Participating in certain mental activities, like reading magazines or crafting in middle age or later in life, may delay or prevent memory loss, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy ...


Infections may lead to faster memory loss in Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Getting a cold, stomach bug or other infection may lead to increased memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the September 8, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...


Does diabetes speed up memory loss in Alzheimer's disease?

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ST. PAUL, Minn. -Research has shown that diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease and the risk of memory loss in people who don't have Alzheimer's disease. But it hasn't been clear whether people with Alzheimer's ...


Hynix reports sixth straight quarterly loss

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created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker, Friday reported a sixth straight quarterly loss due to weak chip prices sparked by a global recession.


New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory

New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Memory loss is love's great thief. Those who suffer aren't just the ones who can't remember—family, friends and loved ones agonize over how to react when the disorder begins its often inexorable progress.


Brain damage seen on brain scans may predict memory loss in old age

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Areas of brain damage seen on brain scans and originally thought to be related to stroke may help doctors predict a person's risk of memory problems in old age, according to research published in the August 11, 2009, print ...


Hynix Semiconductor's net loss sharply narrows

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip maker, said Friday its net loss narrowed sharply in the second quarter as a global supply glut eased.


Education may not affect how fast you will lose your memory

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created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While a higher level of education may help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease, new research shows that once educated people start to become forgetful, a higher level of education does not appear to protect against how ...


Taiwan Memory Company is set to form a partnership with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc

Taiwan's TMC to team up with Elpida of Japan

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), a new government-backed firm set up to consolidate the island's memory-chip industry, said Wednesday it will form a partnership with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc.


Early identification of dementia increasingly difficult

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If grandma seems to forget things, will she end up demented? These days, memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal which 70-year-olds risk developing dementia. This is shown in a doctoral thesis at the Sahlgrenska ...



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