Study Points to Early Way of Predicting Alzheimer's
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 20, 2005
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WASHINGTON - A subtle change in a memory-making brain region seems to predict who will get Alzheimer's disease nine years before symptoms appear, scientists reported Sunday.
The finding stems from a wave of research aimed at early detection of the deadly dementia - and one day perhaps even preventing it.See the full content of this document
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Study Points to Early Way of Predicting Alzheimer's
Researchers scanned the brains of middle-aged and older people while they were still healthy. They discovered that lower energy usage in a part of the brain called the hippocampus correctly signaled who would get Alz...
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