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Blood test hope to predict Alzheimer's

AAP - 29-10-2014

Melbourne researchers have developed a blood test to diagnose early onset Alzheimer's disease. A blood test that can detect Alzheimer's

 
Eye test could identify Alzheimer's

AAP - 27-10-2014

High-definition images of the eye could be the key to the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. [subscribe] Researchers are investigating

 
Scientists reprogram skin cells to help find a cure fo Alzheimer's

HealthTimes - 14-10-2014

Dr Lezanne Ooi, from the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute based at UOW, is at the forefront of an exciting new branch of neuroscience that converts donated

 
People with dementia remember emotion

AAP - 08-10-2014

People with dementia remember the feelings associated with an event for a longer time, a study says, feeling the emotion after the memory has vanished.

 
Sedative chronic use linked to Alzheimer's

AAP - 10-09-2014

Researchers in France and Canada say they've uncovered a possible link between Alzhemier's and chronic use of the sleep drug benzodiazepines.

 
NSW dementia sufferers set to double

AAP - 04-09-2014

Western Sydney and coastal regions will be the areas in NSW most heavily impacted by dementia: study growth rates, new dementia prevalence rates show.

 
Dementia scarier than cancer for over 50s

AAP - 04-08-2014

Older people are more fearful of developing dementia than they are of cancer, a new poll suggests. Two-thirds of people over the age of 50 fear

 

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