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Way too many residents of U.S. nursing homes are on antipsychotic drugs, critics say. It's often just for the convenience of the staff, to sedate patients agitated by dementia. That's illegal.
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Faulty forms of the brain protein tau trigger tangles inside and outside brain cells of Alzheimer's patients. Scientists say figuring out how to stop bad tau's spread from cell to cell might be key.
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At critical times in the brain’s development, windows open for neurons to reach out and form new connections. The language window, for example, is open…
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Justin McCowan wanted to help find a cure for Alzheimer's because it's more common in people like him who have Down syndrome. He died in his sleep last week at age 40.
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Brain networks break down similarly in rare, inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease and much more common uninherited versions of the disorder, a new study…
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By age 40, the brains of people with Down syndrome start to resemble those of Alzheimer's patients. Scientists hope to speed up Alzheimer's drug development by studying people with Down syndrome.
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New research shows that older people with cognitive problems who walk very slowly may be at greater risk for dementia.
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http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/091607_full.mp3Topics for this week include: What S-CHIP Means for Hoosiers; National S-CHIP Prospects; Bad…
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http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/090907_full.mp3Topics for this week's show include: The Mercy Foundation; Obesity, a Virus?; Medical Residents'…