2006 has been an eventful year for the Alzheimer’s research community. They have made some tremendous strides and are so close to putting the puzzle pieces together. As 2006 draws to a close, I know we all hope that 2007 will be remembered as the year that a cure for this devastating disease was discovered.
Now a look at the advances from 2006:
We started off January with a bang, as researchers reported that memantine could help patients with advanced Alzheimer’s.
In February, we heard that genes play a part in Alzheimer’s development, but environment can also affect the onset of the disease.
March roared in with a report that blood pressure medication could lower the risk of Alzheimer’s and left us with a heated debate over the use of Aricept.
In July, we heard that heart and diabetes problems could be linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
Pretty good for one year, huh? And this doesn’t include all of the legal wrangling that resulted in a renewal of OAA and prescription coverage for Alzheimer’s medications.
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Thx for sharing the info.I will forward your link to one of the person who is looking for this info.
Thx
I also got entry in darrens project.
http://technospot.net/blogs/index.php/2006/12/19/predicting-the-evolution-of-techspot-insideout/
And i am feeding your blog.There wont be another chance to meet so many bloggers
Merry Christmas
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Found your site because of the ProBlogger project. I will be passing the link along to someone I know who is a caregiver.
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Interesting .. I never realized environment could be linked with Alzheimers before. I hope next year will bring further insightful discoveries in curing this disease.
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