Last month, Dr. George Bartzokis, director of the UCLA Memory Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease Clinic, suggested in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia that the breakdown of a type of myelin that develops late in life promotes the buildup of toxic amyloid plaques long associated with Alzheimer's di
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NIDA Study Suggests Crystal Methamphetamine Use In Young Adults Higher Than Previously Reported, USA
Crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the United States is considerably higher than previous surveys indicate, according to new research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, published in the July issue of the
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In a raid the police seize some suspicious white powder. But is it really a narcotic substance? Previously the powder would have had to be sent to a laboratory for testing. A portable infrared spectrometer now enables the analysis to be conducted on site. [click link for full article]
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Memory problems have many causes, such as stress or depression, but they can also be an early sign of dementia. In a new thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, scientists show that a neuropsychological memory test can predict the risk of dementia developing within three y
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The "notion that clean needle-exchange programs are enabling and encouraging drug use is nonsense," Stephen Heath, public relations director for the Drug Policy Forum of Florida, writes in a New York Times letter to the editor in response to a recent Times [click link for full article]
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In an important advance in the battle against Alzheimer's disease, physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified naturally occurring antibodies in human blood that may help to defend against this form of dementia as well as other neurodegenerativ
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Researchers have discovered key details of how stroke or traumatic brain injury can trigger Alzheimer's disease (AD) by enhancing formation of brain-clogging amyloid plaques. Their experiments established that "executioner" enzymes that kill brain cells during stroke or head trauma also interfere w
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Results from a series of trials on four drugs to treat Alzheimer's appear to bring a new era of hope to patients with the disease, according to scientists reporting their findings to the 2nd Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia in Washington, DC yesterday. The
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In an important advance in the battle against Alzheimer's disease, physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified naturally occurring antibodies in human blood that may help to defend against this form of dementia as well as other neurodegenerativ
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