News -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 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 Memory Loss that Is Not Alzheimer's Disease (Caring.com) "It's hard not to think of Alzheimer's disease when memory loss or a memory lapse darkens your day. After all, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia are constantly in the headlines -- and of the more than five million affected Americans, 200,000 are under age 65. But many other situations can also produce this worrisome symptom." 05-11 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 New Brain Scan for Diagnosis of Early Alzheimer's (Time.com) "Alzheimer’s disease has always been difficult to diagnose — the only way to identify it definitively is by autopsying the brain after death — but scientists may now have an easier way to spot the degenerative brain disease long before that, even before symptoms appear, using brain scans." 12-11 Stages of Alzheimer's Disease (Caring.com) "One vexing thing about Alzheimer's, especially in the beginning, is how its effects differ from person to person. The person you're caring for might not experience every symptom or behavioral change, and the disease's timetable can vary. A particular Alzheimer's stage may last years longer for one person than for another, and symptoms can be experienced at earlier or later stages than described below. Because Alzheimer's is a progressive disease, however, it always starts with mild symptoms and gradually worsens as it continues." 11-10 Study: Effective Test for Alzheimer's Disease Found (New York Times) "Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease." 08-10

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