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Study reveals factors for advanced stage AL amyloidosis outcomes
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to new research published in Blood Advances, early improvements in cardiac and hematologic parameters may predict better survival outcomes for patients being treated for stage IIIb AL amyloidosis, a deadly disease with a median survival of 4-6 months caused by abnormal protein buil
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Mild cognitive impairment is predicted by low protein levels in spinal flu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The amount of a protein linked to learning and memory in mice found in the spinal fluid may act as an early predictor of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) years before symptoms appear, according to a study of cognitively healthy adults.
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Low protein levels in spinal fluid predicts mild cognitive impairment: Stu
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A study of cognitively healthy adults has added to evidence that low spinal fluid levels of a protein associated with learning and memory in mice may serve as an early predictor of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) years before symptoms appear.
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Researchers reveal how prealbumin gene alone is insufficient for heart fai
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a study that was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers found that a blood test that analyzes the transthyretin or prealbumin protein could be used to diagnose transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy and to prompt more thorough imaging examinations.
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Lewy body disease can be detected before symptoms appear: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A research team has demonstrated that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear using a spinal fluid test. The findings were published in Nature Medicine, where the researchers also show that a reduced sense of smell is strongly linked to Lewy body disease even before other obvious
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Study finds how gum disease is linked to plaque formation in Alzheimer's p
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Most people don't link oral illness to significant health problems, mounting research indicates that mouth bacteria are crucial in systemic diseases including colon cancer and heart disease. According to a recent Forsyth Institute study, amyloid plaque, a characteristic of Alzheimer's diseas
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Researchers find gum disease associated with buildup of Alzheimer's plaque
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
While most people do not associate oral disease with serious health problems, emerging evidence shows that oral bacteria have a significant role in systemic conditions including colon cancer and heart disease. In a recent study, the Forsyth Institute found a link between periodontal (gum) di
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Gum disease linked to buildup of Alzheimer's plaque formation: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Although most individuals don't associate oral disease with serious health issues, growing evidence suggests that oral bacteria play an important role in systemic disorders such as colon cancer and heart disease. New Forsyth Institute research suggests a relationship between periodontal (gum
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Abnormalities in neurodevelopment can lay foundations for Alzheimer's dise
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Neurogenesis, or the development of neural cells from stem cells, begins in the foetus at 5 weeks gestation and is nearly complete by 28 weeks. It is a complicated process with intricate processes.
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Study reveals how devastating heart conditions can be reversed
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In an extraordinary example presented by a team at UCL (University College London) and the Royal Free Hospital, three men who experienced heart failure caused by the buildup of sticky, poisonous proteins are now free of symptoms.
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New blood biomarker can predict if cognitively healthy elderly will develo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Why do some people get Alzheimer's while others don't? Even more perplexing, why do many people with toxic amyloid aggregates in their brains--a clear marker of Alzheimer's brain pathology--never get Alzheimer's-related dementias?
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Study finds development of Alzheimer's linked with cholesterol, toxic prot
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers at Texas A&M's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences discovered that cholesterol significantly boosts the toxicity of a peptide linked to the advancement of Alzheimer's disease.
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