Blood test may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before start of symptoms
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Deaths from Alzheimer's may rank with cancer, heart disease
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Deaths attributable to Alzheimer’s disease may top half a million a year, a figure that would put Alzheimer's just below heart disease and cancer, new research shows. An estimated 83,000 people in the United States died with Alzheimer’s in 2010, according to death certificates, making it the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. The new study, where deaths were counted in a sample population and then multiplied by Census figures, suggests that the true total may be as much as six times higher.
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Alzheimer's Association awards largest-ever research grant
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The Alzheimer's Association has awarded its largest-ever research grant — $8 million over four years — to support the Longitudinal Evaluation of Amyloid Risk and Neurodegeneration (LEARN) study. This research is a companion study to the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (A4) Study, a pioneering Alzheimer's prevention trial that is starting this year.
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