On our show last year, we covered a new perspective on Alzheimer’s disease that is growing in popularity in the medical community: Could Alzheimer’s be diabetes of the brain? Last week, The New York Times explored this concept in their blog.
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Archive for the ‘alzheimers’ Category
Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease: New Connections
October 2nd, 2012 
kjohnson Misdiagnosed: When It Isn’t Alzheimer’s
August 28th, 2012 WSJ Staff In Tuesday’s Personal Journal, Melinda Beck looks at the most common of these drugs and conditions, some of which are treatable, and talks to patients who had underlying conditions that were causing their Alzheimer’s-like symptoms.
A.M. Vitals: Study Firms Link Between Heart Drugs and Diabetes
August 10th, 2012 Mark Long Also: Patients are complaining about a rise in the cost of skin-care creams; the CDC says a drop in smoking among young people is slowing; and health officials recommend an HIV-prevention pill for at-risk heterosexuals.
A.M. Vitals: Difficulties in Judging Babies Using Old Height and Weight Charts
July 24th, 2012 Shirley S. Wang Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
Is Baby Too Small? Charts Make It Hard to Tell (WSJ): More babies are testing off the charts in weight and height, based on charts that reflect measurements of kids from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
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A.M. Vitals: Route of Counterfeit Avastin Revealed
July 20th, 2012 Mark Long Also: A study shows older pregnant women in the U.S. are more likely to drink; a pair of scientists propose an alternative to the body mass index; and Merck is in final testing of a new type of sleeping pill.
A.M. Vitals: New Weight-Loss Drug, and Treatment Prospect for Alzheimer’s
July 18th, 2012 Stefanie Ilgenfritz Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
FDA Grants Approval to Diet Pill From Vivus (WSJ): Approval of Vivus’s weight-loss drug Qsymia marks the second approval of a new weight-loss drug in less than a month; the drugs, which require a doctor’…
A.M. Vitals: Inflammation and Disease
July 17th, 2012 Stefanie Ilgenfritz Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
The New Science Behind America’s Deadliest Diseases (WSJ): Scientists have linked conditions including heart disease, diabetes and cancer to chronic inflammation, and they are studying how high-fat foods…
An Anti-Alzheimer’s Update
July 17th, 2012 angela A new gene discovery for Alzheimer’s – the variants carrying the protective and the predisposing genes are only in 1% of us (don’t bother getting tested) – has important implications for this disease that ravages so many in the world, including…
A.M. Vitals: Anticipation on Alzheimer’s
July 16th, 2012 Stefanie Ilgenfritz Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
For Alzheimer’s, a Fork in the Road (WSJ): Drug makers including Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson have spent hundreds of millions of dollars pursuing what could be the first treatments to address …
A.M. Vitals: New Gene-Mapping Method Raises Hope of Easier Diagnoses
July 12th, 2012 Mark Long Also: Researchers suggest the earliest sign of Alzheimer’s might appear 25 years before the expected onset of the disease; and Melinda Gates pledges $560 million for family planning.
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