Wednesday, April 20, 2011

 Guidelines for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
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New guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, published Tuesday by the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association, set forth methods for identifying the disease before it progresses to full-blown dementia, and for the first time include lab and brain-imaging tests that can help identify Alzheimer's as the likely cause of a person's mental decline.

The guidelines, revised for the first time in 27 years, reflect a firm consensus among Alzheimer's researchers that the disease begins to attack the intricate structures of the brain 10 years or more before the disabling mental problems appear — and, to be effective, drug or other therapies will have to begin work early in that process.

So far, though, there are no therapies that alter the devastating course of Alzheimer's disease. And in a media briefing Monday, authors of the new diagnosis guidelines emphasized that while testing for Alzheimer's pathology in the brain may one day be used to identify the disease at much earlier stages, today the tests are primarily a research tool. They are not ready for routine use in doctors' offices.  Read more: aarp.org

Potential of immature rice grains
Immature rice grains may contain ‘a remarkable amount of bioactive compounds’, giving them great potential for applications in nutraceutical foods, according to new research. Read morenutraingredients.com

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