THREAT OF ALZHEIMER'S LOOMS OVER VALLEY * AS POPULATION EXPLODES,
FAMILIES WILL FACE THEBURDEN OF CARE.
It's a ticking time bomb, lost in the clutter of Valley worries
about a high teen pregnancy rate and juvenile crime.It's Alzheimer's disease,
a progressive, incurable brain disease afflicting 20,000 to 25,000 people
in the Valley. The illness poses major challenges because there is little
insurance coverage to offset care costs and, in a region already beset
by severe unemployment and low-paying jobs, families will be forced to
deliver full-time care for...
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1468. Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - October 4, 1996
MOUSE MODEL AIDING IN LAB \ EMBRYO WITH MUTATED GENE IS MAKING STRIDES
IN ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH
A laboratory-engineered mouse suffers the same decline from
Alzheimer's disease as do humans: lost memory and wasted brain cells. The
mouse gives researchers a new and more accurate way to test drugs against
the mind-destroying disorder.The Alzheimer's Association called the mouse
"an important new research tool," and a National Institutes of Health expert
said the mouse is "good news for patients with Alzheimer's...
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1468. Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - June 26, 1996
POLICE GET SOME ADVICE ON DEALING WITH ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS,
LANCASTER - About 60 percent of patients with Alzheimer's disease
wander, according to the Alzheimer's Association of Eastern Massachusetts."The
rule of thumb is, if you can walk, you can wander," said Gerald Flaherty,
coordinator of the association's Safe Return Program. And when family members
discover their loved one is lost, he said, they almost always call the
local police first.John Scheft, director of the attorney...
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1468. Newsday (Melville, NY) - May 14, 1996
Test May Detect Alzheimer's
Washington - A new laboratory test of blood and skin cells offers
promise for early detection of Alzheimer's disease, a fatal brain disorder
that now cannot be positively diagnosed until after death. The test could
help determine if severe memory loss is because of Alzheimer's or because
of a treatable disorder, said Dr. Jay H. Robbins, a National Cancer Institute
researcher who led a team that developed the test."This test could be useful
in identifying...
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1468. Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) - March 21, 1996
RESEARCH TRACKS EARLY CLUES TO ALZHEIMER'S
Healthy people who carry a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease may have brain abnormalities similar to patients themselves - even
decades before symptoms develop, a study says.The research, to be reported
today in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that symptom-free
people who carry two copies of a gene linked to Alzheimer's have a decreased
ability to process glucose within the brain. These abnormalities, researchers
said, occur in the same brain...
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1468. Fresno Bee, The (CA) - September 1, 1995
ALZHEIMER'S GENE FOUND IN GERMAN-RUSSIAN DESCENDANTS * RESEARCHERS,
INCLUDING A REEDLEY NATIVE, TRACEMUTATION IN VICTIMS TO A COMMON ANCESTOR
WHO MIGRATED FROM GERMANY TO VOLGA RIVER ABOUT 200 YEARS AGO.
Somewhere in Germany 200 years ago, an immigrant followed other
Germans and Catherine the Great to Russia, settling along the Volga River.The
immigrant probably died of Alzheimer's disease. In the time since, the
descendants of that German have had one thing in common, a mutated gene
that predisposes them to Alzheimer's disease before age 65 in generation
after generation.It was a fascinating piece of research by scientists at
the University of Washington and...
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1468. Washington Post - August 18, 1995
THIRD ALZHEIMER'S GENE DISCOVERED FINDING MAY SPUR DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS
TO TREAT BRAIN DISORDER
A mutation discovered in a small group of German-Russian immigrants
has been identified as the third gene to cause inherited, early-onset Alzheimer's
disease. Scientists say the discovery may speed development of drugs to
combat the brain-destroying disorder Researchers isolated the gene by probing
the chromosomes of a group known as Volga Germans, who have a high incidence
of Alzheimer's before age 65. The mutated gene was found on chromosome
1.Two reports on...
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1468. The Cincinnati Post - November 30, 1994
Look ahead in planning for Alzheimer's
Ronald Reagan's stunning announcement that he has Alzheimer's
disease could not help but touch the multitude of families whose own members
suffer from the irreversible neurological disorder that destroys the brain's
memory cells. It is a diagnosis that can bring a special kind of pain to
the sufferer's spouse, children and close relatives: In addition to memory
loss, symptoms include impairment of judgment, disorientation and personality...
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1468. The Tampa Tribune - August 30, 1994
Alzheimer's Scores can pinpoint older people likely to develop brain
diseases
NEW YORK -- Alzheimer's disease researchers have used a series
of standard memory tests to successfully predict whether older people are
likely to get Alzheimer's or other brain diseases. The tests can show when
a person needs more evaluation and should start planning for care, or reassure
those who are simply forgetful and have no signs of brain disease, said
David Masur, lead author of the New York study."If you score well on these
tests, we can...
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1468. Detroit Free Press (MI) - April 6, 1994
BENEFITS OF AGILE MINDS CHARTED LOW EDUCATION LEVEL LINKED TO ALZHEIMER'S
People with low levels of education and relatively unskilled
jobs may run a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease for reasons
that are not fully understood, researchers reported Tuesday.The study,
published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association,
is not the first to link occupation and education with risk of Alzheimer's,
but it may be the most convincing, said Zaven Khachaturian, director of
the office of...
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