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Alzheimer’s disease is reaching epidemic proportions and is one of the greatest challenges facing science, healthcare and society. Twenty-five million people the world over are thought to be affected today, a figure that is expected to rise to around 80 million by 2050. It is not only the ageing population that is exacerbating the problem; new methods of early detection and diagnosis, which are set to be introduced in Sweden and around the world, will also mean that patients with memory disorders can be given an early diagnosis, one that they will then live with for many years. It was not long ago that diagnosis was only thought possible retrospectively after an autopsy. Today, tests of memory and function are used, but we are now starting to see a combination of memory and spinal fluid tests along with MR and PET scans.

“We know that the disease is slowly degenerative and often goes undiscovered for a long time,” says this year’s conference organiser Professor Agneta Nordberg from Karolinska Institutet. “One reason why medication doesn’t work is that we treat patients whose disease is far too advanced. If we could discover the disease at an earlier stage, we would be able to halt its progression. New research shows that it’s possible to detect changes that give rise to Alzheimer’s in otherwise symptom-free people as young as 50. It won’t be long before we can detect the changes at even younger ages, perhaps 30 or even 20.”. Continue to read: cisionwire.com

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/07/2047945/obama-to-seek-more-alzheimers.html#storylink=cpy

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A probiotic coating added to the surface of bread through microcapsules can produce functional bread with similar characteristics to common bread, according to a study. Read more: nutraingredients.com

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