News -07-22-06 Early Detection of Alzheimer's Soon Possible (BBC News) "Early dementia could be detected with a simple eye test, similar to those used to test for high blood pressure and diabetes, US scientists believe." "The scientists believe the technology, known as quasi-elastic light scattering, may detect the very earliest stages of amyloid deposits in the lens, even when they appear completely clear to the naked eye." 07-06 -07-29-08 Study: Pre-Alzheimer's Hits Males Hard (MSNBC News) "A milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease is alarmingly more common than has been believed, and in men more than women, doctors reported Monday." "Dr. Ralph Nixon, a New York University psychiatrist and scientific adviser to the Alzheimer’s Association, was blunt." " 'We’re facing a crisis,' he said." " 'There are no treatments now to prevent this mental slide or reverse it once it starts.' 07-08 Papers Alzheimer's Disease (National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus) Provides information on diagnosis and treatment. 11-99 New Blood Test May Be 100,000 Times More Sensitive (ABC News) "FACTT, shorthand for fluorescent amplification catalyzed by T7-polymerase technique, detects unusual proteins in the blood — sometimes the first telltale signal that something is wrong." "If FACTT can find traces of unusual proteins or other molecules in the bloodstream, that might ultimately make it possible to pick up signs of Alzheimer's disease before it creates brain damage. It might pick up the errant proteins created by the human form of mad cow disease. It might also make it possible to find a cancer before a tumor shows up on a mammogram or other X-ray." 03-06

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