[vimto]

"Scientists make discovery in Alzheimer's"

Now if they could only remember what it was....

[yellowdoghunter]

I have been reading about this all morning, it is great news. It at least gives some hope that we may one day find a treatment or even a cure.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

"Every pathway we can discover that modifies amyloid provides us with new drug targets," said Dr. Sam Gandy, a neuroscientist at Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University and an Alzheimer's Association spokesman. "This now opens up a new pathway" for developing anti-Alzheimer's drugs.

Bump

[LIConFem]

Wonderful news! Too late for my dad, unfortunately, but wonderful nonetheless.

[Red Badger]

And here I've been thinking it was aluminum cook pots..........

[AbeKrieger]

I knew I picked a bad week to stop drinking Drain-o.

[neverdem]

A Chinese Outcry: Doesn’t a Dog Have Rights? (“We don’t have human rights, let alone dog rights,”) This is one of those MUST reads. It's almost comical that the Chinese consider everyone else to be barbarians.

It’s Not Hard to Use Fluids to Cause an Explosion on a Plane, Chemists Say

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[Tulane]

Watching a loved one die of alzheimers is about the most painful thing a person can do...Alzheimers doesn't just kill someone, it takes their soul away first...

This is great news, if it can be applied.

[BaBaStooey]

http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adabout.htm

I encourage as many of you who can to please donate to Alzheimer's Disease Research. I've seen this firsthand and in my opinion, there is nothing worse than this. Unlike some other life-threatening illnesses, there is no smoking or intercourse or any sort of behavior which can bring it about. We must make every effort to defeat these sorts of diseases.

[shield]

bttt

[spanalot]

sowhqt's the bottom line? eat tapeworms?

[goodnesswins]

Hey, y'all who are worrying about Alzheimers.....consider taking Lithate Aspartate....20 mg daily......it's been proven that the shrinking "grey matter" that doctors were told about in college doesn't happen with those taking Lithium....Lithate is over the counter......it also helps alcoholics and their families (hereditary issues).....Check out the research.

[syriacus]

The mother of my best friend, Kay, had this disease.

I used to wonder if Kay's mother would have fared better if she hadn't stopped taking aspirin when she was young. (She had had a bad experience. She had put an aspirin in her mouth and then found there was nothing around to wash it down).

Kay's mother went through menopause at a very young age and was often "different" after that...irritable, suspicious, jealous. Kay is a very loving person (a saint!!), but her mother remained an angry person until the last months of her life, when she became able to accept love again.

Kay is grateful for that.

[AFPhys]

Wow: great news! Hope that this quickly leads to a good drug remedy.

[trisham]

No one in my family has ever fallen prey to Alzheimer's. We just don't live long enough. :)

Just goes to show, there's always a silver lining.

[sandbar]

Hot Dog!!! (my father has an "Alzheimers 'type' dementia called Picks Disease as well as Parkinson's disease)

Now notice the article has nothing to do with EMBRYONIC stem cell research. Michael J. Fox had my father so upset the other week. He has never been anything but liberal democrat anyway, but to hear everyone claim he (Bush) has the cure in his grasp!! He is just too fundamentalist to do it!!!!

I set him straight on that issue. I know he is still with me when we debate politics.

[Ditter]

If Alzheimers is a horrible disease, early onset alzheimers is even more horrible. I saw my ex-sister in law recently who has early onset A. She is 60 or nearly 60 and she is already helpless. She can't even feed or dress herself. She hasn't been able to carry on a conversation for many years. Seeing her like that broke my heart and makes me afraid for her daughters (my nieces).

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

What if amyloid isn't the cause for alzheimer's, but rather a symptom?