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<title><![CDATA[Soy Confusion: Is Tofu Bad for Memory?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here's an interesting study that I fear will lead people to erroneously dismiss the benefits of vegetarianism. Researchers at the Universities of Loughborough and Oxford found that among 719 older... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rosalynn Carter Institute to Award Caregiving Scholarships]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving is seeking applications for its Mattie J. T. Stepanek Caregiving Scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide family, professional, and/or paraprofessional caregivers... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers Find Second Genetic Risk Factor for Alzheimer's]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers led by Philippe Marambaud of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have identified a second gene that increases the risk for late-onset Alzheimer's... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bright Lights, Melatonin Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a refreshing idea: Let's try to manage the difficult symptoms of Alzheimer's with natural, nondrug methods.  That's what researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience did when they tested the... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Everyday Cognition Scale May Help Doctors Better Identify Cognitive Decline]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While doctors already have a couple of questionnaires that can help them identify possible Alzheimer's disease, many of these tests only detect problems when the disease has progressed beyond the... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Evidence Links Cholesterol and Memory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Do you know your cholesterol levels? If not -- and you're middle-aged -- you might want to see if your HDL (the good kind of cholesterol) is high enough.  Researchers from... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flurizan Hopes Flattened by Failure in Latest Clinical Trial]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I was really hoping that Flurizan would work, given the enormous amount of time and money invested in evaluating whether the drug could successfully inhibit the buildup of beta amyloid... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An ID for Alzheimer's?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Day Clinic opens in Madison]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Renae Makris, a certified Dementia Practitioner, deals cards to one of her clients. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:23:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An ID For Alzheimer's?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. The need to develop preventative strategies, ideally long before Alzheimer's destructive, clinical symptoms appear, is critical. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improvement Suggested For Dementia Diagnosis In Highly Educated Adults]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Editor's Choice Main Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia Also Included In: Seniors / Aging Article Date: 18 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT Researchers have suggested that in order to more effectively assess dementia risk in ... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Exercise Not Proven as Dementia Treatment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Physical activity is a good thing for nearly everybody and clearly boosts alertness and a sense of well-being. So can we use it as a treatment for elderly patients with dementia? That's a good question, but ... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:48:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Antihistamine improves Alzheimer&#x26;#x27;s symptoms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An allergy drug that's been used in Russia since the 1980s is showing promise in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, researchers say. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:34:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Exercise Not Proven As Dementia Treatment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Physical activity is a good thing for nearly everybody and clearly boosts alertness and a sense of well-being. So can we use it as a treatment for elderly patients with dementia? That's a good question, but existing research doesn't provide an answer, according to a new Cochrane Library review.    ''Physical activity may be beneficial for persons with dementia. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Calcium May Be The Key To Understanding Alzheimer's Disease]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that mutations in two proteins associated with familial Alzheimer's disease disrupt the flow of calcium ions within neurons. The two proteins, called PS1 and PS2 (presenilin 1 and 2), interact with a calcium release channel in an intracellular cell compartment. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Vaccine Leaves Researchers Still Guessing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Some doctors have long suspected that if the plaque that builds up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease could be removed, they could be saved. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:14:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asthma And Other Allergies Tied To Absence Of Specialized Cells]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to allergies, both the problem and the solution are found within us. Our immune systems respond to foreign substances with an arsenal of cells. Some are programmed to ''remember'' invaders they've encountered in the past. Normally, anything previously identified as harmless is allowed to pass. Sometimes, however, the immune response goes awry, triggering an allergic reaction. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AFFiRiS GmbH: Milestone Reached In Clinical Trial Of Alzheimer's Vaccine]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the clinical phase I trial AFF001,     AFFiRiS GmbH has now recruited the 24 Alzheimer patients planned for this     trial. The trial aims to investigate the tolerability and safety of an     innovative Alzheimer's vaccine (AFFITOPE AD01). In the trial, all patients     have now been vaccinated at least once and have so far tolerated the      vaccine     extremely well. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Means Of Reducing Alzheimer's-Like Plaques In Fly Brain Demonstrated By Scientists]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) are part of a collaboration that has succeeded in demonstrating that overexpression of an enzyme in the brain can reduce telltale deposits causally linked with Alzheimer's disease.    CSHL Professor Yi Zhong, Ph.D., whose lab studies genetic mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative illnesses, helped develop a line of transgenic fruit flies that was central in the experiments. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Australia Vic Announces Dementia Awareness Week 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Australia's major annual awareness campaign, Dementia Awareness Week, will kick off this year on Friday 19 September and conclude on Friday 26 September.  The theme this year is 'Mind your Mind, and reduce the risk of dementia'.      To mark Dementia Awareness Week, and to coincide with World Alzheimer's Day on Sunday 21 September, Alzheimer's Australia Vic will open up its doors in Hawthorn for a 'Mind your Mind' themed Open Day. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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