New Studies Underscore Global Importance of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease ContinuumTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:36AMContact: Alzheimer's Association media line: +1-312-335-4078, media@alz.org, AAIC 2011 press room, July 16-21: +33 (0)1 57 25 20 35
Health: Genetic detectionMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:33PMWith a new range of genetic screening services, patients can now detect a host of infectious diseases through a single test, writes ANUSHA K.
Can bad driving be diagnosed?Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:57PMIf bad driving is a disease, some people should be locked up in deep quarantine. Turn signal phobia, red light blindness, tailgate-itis, cellphone dementia -- today's roads are a hot zone of pathology.
Add Patience to a Leap of Faith to Discover Cancer SignaturesMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:40PMThere have been few successes in the brave new world of cancer research: the quest for genetic signatures.
Earlier Alzheimer’s disease and dementia diagnosis: New guidelinesMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:00PMIt has been the tradition to confirm the presence of Alzheimer's disease during autopsy. However new guidelines proposed on Sunday by the U.S. National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association seek to distinguish between memory changes or dementia diagnosed by doctors when people are alive, and the changes pathologists can see in an autopsy.
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Autopsy guidelines revised for Alzheimer'sMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:10PMFor many years, an autopsy done by a pathologist was considered the best way to confirm the presence of Alzheimer's disease.
Secondhand smoke may cause kids' hearing lossMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:00PMYeah, you could say I'm anti-smoking. This is a blog, after all, not the journalistic equivalent of that blindfolded lady holding the scales of justice that balance out. Smoking is bad for you, case closed.But we keep hearing new and horrible ways in which it's worse for you than...
Business Briefs: Alderwood’s American Girl to open todaySaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:24AMThe grand opening of the state's first American Girl store is expected to draw between 8,000 and 9,000 girls and tweens and their families to the Alderwood mall this weekend. The store will open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday inside the mall, 3000 184th St., Lynnwood.