The Struggle to Find Alzheimer’s Before It’s Too Late


	The Struggle to Find Alzheimer’s Before It’s Too Late

BobbyDelray

12-29-2007 12:08 PM

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alzheimer's, brain, memory, testing

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2e44a274-2f97-4d4a-a21e-eac000296b5f/4B9FDE1A-C0F6-4D98-950A-68B6BA3BB186/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.wsj.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/">By the time doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s, the brain is already in big trouble. So researchers are trying to figure out how to detect the disease early on, and come up with treatments that can stop it.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.wsj.com/img/FC0739F3-3785-4D85-A6F1-417E17958330" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/">Some studies are using an experimental dye called PIB that allows PET scans to detect amyloid, an Alzheimer’s-related protein, in the brain. Others are using MRI scans to look for early changes in the brain.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/">the Health Blog reported on a <A target="blank" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/11/05/mayo-clinic-seeks-early-signals-for-alzheimers/">massive study under way at the Mayo Clinic</A>, tracking thousands of elderly people over many years in an effort to find early signs of the disease.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/">Of course, even if researchers find early signs of the disease, the problem of finding drugs to slow or stop its progress will remain.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/the-struggle-to-find-alzheimers-before-its-too-late/">the Alzheimer’s community is already divided over widespread <A target="blank" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/18/the-trouble-with-early-screening-for-alzheimers/">memory screening tests</A>, with opponents arguing there’s no clear benefit and the possibility of added depression and anxiety.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4B9FDE1A-C0F6-4D98-950A-68B6BA3BB186/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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