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Article: POTPOURRI; Brain imaging may detect early Alzheimer
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- Filipino Reporter
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- January 13, 2005
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Sibal, Meg
Filipino Reporter
01-13-2005
SINCE new drugs and therapies designed to treat Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
are now available, some experts feel that making the right diagnosis early
is extremely important.
AD is an age-related, irreversible disease, characterized by an exaggerated
loss of brain cells and subtle memory loss in its early stages. It affects
about 4 million Americans and the incidence is expected to rise
considerably as the early baby boomers grow older.
Although there is now a whole slew of new drugs to treat memory loss,
scientists are still waiting for a definitive test to diagnose AD. Right
now, autopsy is the only sure way of viewing the brain cell loss associated
with the ...