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Sun Jul-31-05 11:35 PM
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Signs found 10 years in advance of Alzheimer's |
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Signs found 10 years in advance of Alzheimer's http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-07-31-alzheimers_x.htm"The first hints of impending Alzheimer's include not just forgetfulness but lags in attention and other subtle problems that can show up 10 years before an official diagnosis, a study out Monday says.
The new report underscores the scientific view that Alzheimer's begins to injure the brain years before the hallmark symptoms of severe memory loss appear, says William Thies, spokesman for the Chicago-based Alzheimer's Association. Very early identification of Alzheimer's could become even more important in the future if researchers develop therapies that delay this degenerative brain disease, he says.
Such therapy is urgently needed: The population of Alzheimer's victims is expected to rise from 4.5 million to as many as 16 million people by the year 2050.
Lars Bäckman of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and his colleagues grouped together the findings from 47 scientific studies. They found a pattern of subtle thinking deficits that seemed more common in people destined to get Alzheimer's. The team homed in on 1,207 older people who had been given cognitive tests years before getting a diagnosis. They compared them with 9,097 older people who had been given the same tests but who stayed healthy.
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Sun Jul-31-05 11:38 PM
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1. Any stem cells around that might be of help? |
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Well, posssibly. Just dont ask Senator Brownback or the pResident if we can use them.
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Sun Jul-31-05 11:45 PM
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2. It's a shame what the fundamentalist wacko crowd is doing |
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But the research will go on anyway, with or without government funding. In Europe, and in states like California, government funding is already taking place.
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Mon Aug-01-05 12:17 AM
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3. Don't forget Israel where they have done |
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quite the leaps or Korea...
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HuckleB
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Mon Aug-01-05 07:21 AM
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But, as we all know, Bushian "morality" is not ethical.
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Mon Aug-01-05 09:56 AM
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6. It would be the sweetest Irony if moron* got it. |
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Yes, it's a horrible disease, my mom is suffering from the early stages of it.
However, if moron* continues this stupid ass belief, he only deserves to get it.
Colossal Failure*
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:40 PM
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13. Are you quite sure that he doesn't? |
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"make the pie higher"... "misunderestimated"... "Hispanically"... "Is our children learning?"... Hmmmmmm.
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:49 PM
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14. probably korsakoff syndrome |
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he was symptomatic a bit young even for early onset alzheimer's
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Javaman
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Mon Aug-01-05 03:53 PM
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16. Actually my grandmother started getting it in her late 50's... |
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Scares the crap out of me, but it's possible.
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Mon Aug-01-05 07:41 AM
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5. The Fundi's should refuse medical treatment if they are against it |
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Then the rest of us can go on with our lives if we want to treat the disease. Probably fundies will refuse treatment, once it's avalable, about as often as bootstrap Republicans refuse welfare.
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:19 PM
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11. Senator Brownback= Hateful Right Wing Fundie NUT-JOB |
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He is a big piece of DOG SHIT.
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Mon Aug-01-05 10:16 AM
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7. was it 10 yrs. ago when beef people started feeding cattle the remains |
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of dead cows? Isn't alzheimer really mad cow? apparently they have none to little testing to see if a person has alzheimer/mad cow or something else.
60 70 yrs. ago some really elderly people would go senile, which had nothing to do with, and did not act like, alzheimer/mad cow. lines seem very blurred on this in an intentional way.
the bushgang AMA is being quiet on this.
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pitohui
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Mon Aug-01-05 10:59 AM
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8. alzheimer's is not mad cow |
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mad cow a merciful disease that kills in months, at most i heard of a strong young victim lingering 2 yrs
alzheimer's a cruel disease can take a decade or more to kill piece by pice
those with loved ones who suffer from alzheimer's already know they started losing sharpness 10 years or more before diagnosis, study confirms family's and victim's observations
ronald reagan showed cognitive deficits in the 1960s, check out his comments during gubernatorial campaign
there is no real blur, mad cow is rare and usually attacks late teens, early 20s, occasional middle-ager, alzheimer's is common and develops slowly in late middle age (early onset) to extreme old age
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:08 PM
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9. mad cow can be in your body for years before showing signs |
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many, maybe most people diagnosed with alzheimer were not checked for mad cow.
there is a lot of disinformation out there because the beef barons are so powerful and belong to the bushgang
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:14 PM
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The differences between Alzheimer's and spongiform encephaly are obvious in both symptoms and after autopsies.
They are two completely different diseases.
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Mon Aug-01-05 01:20 PM
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12. i'm glad you have no experience with alzheimer's |
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not something i would wish on anyone
fyi the diseases are very distinct and no real chance of a mistake
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Mon Aug-01-05 02:12 PM
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15. "...subtle thinking deficits ..." |
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As opposed to profound thinking deficits like republinazis exhibit? :evilgrin:
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