Bill Gates to invest $50 million to advance research towards a cure for Alzheimer’s

Bill Gates to invest $50 million to advance research towards a cure for Alzheimer’s:

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Bill Gates has today announced a $50 million investment into the Dementia Discovery Fund, motivated by personal experience of Alzheimer’s disease in his family.

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Memory complaints and cognitive decline: Data from the GuidAge study

A memory complaint, also called Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), is a subjective disorder that appears to be relatively common, especially in elderly persons. The reports of its prevalence in various populations range from approximately 10% to as high as 88%, although it is generally thought that the prevalence of everyday memory problems lie within the range of 25% to 50%. It has been suggested that SCD may be an indication of cognitive decline at a very early stage of a neurodegenerative disease (i.e. preclinical stage of Alzheimer’s disease) that is undetectable by standard testing instruments. SCD may represent the first symptomatic manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease in individuals with unimpaired performance on cognitive tests.

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Memory complaints and cognitive decline: Data from the GuidAge study

Memory complaints and cognitive decline: Data from the GuidAge study:

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A memory complaint, also called Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), is a subjective disorder that appears to be relatively common, especially in elderly persons. The reports of its prevalence in various populations range from approximately 10% to as high as 88%, although it is generally thought that the prevalence of everyday memory problems lie within the range of 25% to 50%. It has been suggested that SCD may be an indication of cognitive decline at a very early stage of a neurodegenerative disease (i.e. preclinical stage of Alzheimer’s disease) that is undetectable by standard testing instruments. SCD may represent the first symptomatic manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease in individuals with unimpaired performance on cognitive tests.

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Smell test challenge suggests clinical benefit for some before development of Alzheimer's

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) may have discovered a way to use a patient’s sense of smell to treat Alzheimer’s disease before it ever develops. Having an impaired sense of smell is recognized as one of the early signs of cognitive decline, before the clinical onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers at CUMC and NYSPI have found a way to use that effect to determine if patients with mild cognitive impairment may respond to cholinesterase inhibitor drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

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Smell test challenge suggests clinical benefit for some before development of Alzheimer's

Smell test challenge suggests clinical benefit for some before development of Alzheimer's:

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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) may have discovered a way to use a patient’s sense of smell to treat Alzheimer’s disease before it ever develops. Having an impaired sense of smell is recognized as one of the early signs of cognitive decline, before the clinical onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers at CUMC and NYSPI have found a way to use that effect to determine if patients with mild cognitive impairment may respond to cholinesterase inhibitor drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

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Study says sleep disorder may increase risk of developing Alzheimer's disease - Alzheimer’s Society comments

Disordered breathing during sleep is linked to a key hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research.

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Study says sleep disorder may increase risk of developing Alzheimer's disease - Alzheimer’s Society comments

Study says sleep disorder may increase risk of developing Alzheimer's disease - Alzheimer’s Society comments:

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Disordered breathing during sleep is linked to a key hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research.

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