Navigation Links
Friends, family detect early Alzheimer's signs better than traditional tests
Date:9/27/2010

Family members and close friends are more sensitive to early signs of Alzheimer's dementia than traditional screening tests, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Doctors often evaluate a person who is having memory problems by testing them with a variety of cognitive tasks, such as recalling a list of words or comparing shapes of objects. Washington University researchers developed a different approach. The two-minute Ascertain Dementia 8 (AD8) questionnaire relies on a friend or family member who knows the person well, known as an informant, to evaluate whether cognitive changes have caused the individual to have difficulties in performing everyday activities.

In the new study, published online in the journal Brain, scientists validated the AD8 by checking to see if it could highlight individuals who had biological indicators, or biomarkers, for Alzheimer's disease, such as abnormal levels of certain factors in the spinal fluid or positive brain scans for Alzheimer's plaques. The AD8's results corresponded with biomarker results more consistently than traditional cognitive tests.

"It's not economically feasible to screen everyone for Alzheimer's disease biomarkers," says John C. Morris, MD, director of the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine. "The AD8 gives us a brief and very low-cost alternative that takes a few minutes of the informant's time to screen for dementia and thus identify those individuals who need follow-up evaluations to determine if there truly are signs of Alzheimer's."

According to Morris, the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, the difficulty with traditional early-stage dementia screening tools is that they only give a snapshot of a person's cognitive abilities at one point in time when they're being tested. Asking the individual if his or
'/>"/>

Contact: Michael C. Purdy
purdym@wustl.edu
314-286-0122
Washington University School of Medicine
Source:Eurekalert

1

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related medicine news :

1. Friends, Not Grandkids, Key to Happy Retirement
2. LifestyleMom.com and the LifestyleMom Radio Cafe Aim to Help Women Create a Family Life and "Me Life" That They Truly Love
3. Family Research Council: Planned Parenthood Report Oversexualizes Ten-Year-Olds, Undermines Parental Authority
4. Family's Fight to Save Child Spreads Hope Around Globe
5. Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services Welcomes New Board President, Tony Mann
6. Vancouver, Washington -- Free Family Fun at Health Fair
7. Los Angeles Jewish Home Adds Short-Term Rehabilitative Care to Family of Services
8. Surgeon General with Microsoft HealthVault Expands Consumer Benefits for the My Family Health Portrait Offering
9. Family members reduce stress in advanced cancer patients with 14 minute massages
10. InterAmerican College Announces Certification of Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner Program
11. Global AIDS Alliance: U.S. Must Meet Its Obligations to Family Planning
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/24/2013)... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been a mysterious ... fatigue lasting 6 months or longer. Symptoms of Chronic ... impairment, muscle and joint pain without swelling or redness, ... malaise that lasts for more than 24 hours. ... linked to insulin resistance. At a healthy body weight, ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... Concern have today released updated guidelines on Hormone Replacement ... HRT, the benefits and the risks. The new guidelines ... , published by SAGE. , Over the last ... "elixir of youth" to being considered extremely risky and ... publication of the Women,s Health Initiative (WHI) trial in ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... Wednesday, 15th May 2013 | 10am BST ... access webinar playback: http://bit.ly/10Rt0ZH , Ongoing regulatory changes ... Across the globe and particularly in Europe, a number of ... activity . For dealmakers, understanding how the likes of Basel ... affects your corner of the market will give you a ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... 2013 HCG EZ Drops has been ... to announce it’s new weight loss initiative. “We are so confident ... our customers their money back if they don’t lose 21 pounds ... EZ Drops. “The HCG Diet consists of 21 days of ... in 21 days.” , The controversial, cutting-edge diet has been hailed ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... UK (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 The leading ... 50% discount offer on short prom dresses . Now ... quality that is standard with the brand name since its ... collections in prom dresses. And now this huge discount offer ... , “I feel highly privileged to announce that ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans Announces New hCG Diet Plans to Promote Fast Weight Loss Shown to Reduce the Risk & Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue 2Health News:hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans Announces New hCG Diet Plans to Promote Fast Weight Loss Shown to Reduce the Risk & Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue 3Health News:Register to Access Webinar Playback - The Impact of Financial Regulation on M&A in 2013 2Health News:Register to Access Webinar Playback - The Impact of Financial Regulation on M&A in 2013 3Health News:short prom dresses Offers Abnormally Low Discount on Its New Collections 2
... American Heart Month, which is just ahead in February, ... and Prevention (CDC) shows that, since 1999, coronary heart ... 25.8 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively. This means ... reducing deaths from coronary heart disease has been achieved, ...
... Increased exercise capacity reduces the risk of death in ... of the American Heart Association. , The government-supported Veterans ... known to assess the link between fitness and mortality. ... relatively moderate levels of physical activity like brisk ...
... for heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) ... of overall ,or global, CVD and a range of ... published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. ... use by office-based primary care physicians, who could estimate ...
... Agency as Executive Vice President, Managing Director, NEW ... healthcare,communications network, announced that Marcy Leger has joined the ... Life LM&P New,York, as a result of the tremendous ... Partner, President of Euro RSCG Life LM&P New,York and ...
... February 18, Dorsey,Schools will open its fifth career ... The Farmington Hills facility has the capacity,for 250 ... approximately 7,500 square-foot campus will focus on an ... in medical,assisting and patient care technician fields., ...
... through Mass Audio Visual Networked Notification,now possible through the Emergency ... ... IgeaCare Systems Inc., TORONTO, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ - VoiceGate, ... Alert" at IT Expo today,in Miami, Florida. Campus Alert is ...
Cached Medicine News:Health News:Heart and stroke death rates steadily decline; risks still too high 2Health News:Heart and stroke death rates steadily decline; risks still too high 3Health News:Heart and stroke death rates steadily decline; risks still too high 4Health News:Daily exercise dramatically lowers men's death rates 2Health News:Daily exercise dramatically lowers men's death rates 3Health News:A simplified scoring system may predict overall CVD risk, individual CVD components risk 2Health News:Euro RSCG Life LM&P Announces Growth of Leadership Team 2Health News:Dorsey Schools, Detroit Area's Preeminent Career Training School, Opens a Fifth Campus in Farmington Hills 2Health News:"Campus Alert by VoiceGate" introduced at Internet Telephony(R) Conference and Expo 2Health News:"Campus Alert by VoiceGate" introduced at Internet Telephony(R) Conference and Expo 3
(Date:5/24/2013)... WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England and ... Heptares Therapeutics, the leading GPCR drug discovery and development company, ... Akira Usui as a Consultant to augment the Company,s ... Asian territories. Mr Usui has more than 15 years ... pharmaceutical industry including senior roles at Perlegen Sciences, Inc., Roche Pharma ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX ) announced today ... Executive Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences, will be presenting at the ... in Boston.   The live presentation takes place ... 8:20 a.m. Pacific Time.  The presentation will be webcast and ... . If you are unable to attend ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Hearing health affects a man,s lifestyle, and if ... and professionally engaged, he should address any hearing loss he ... Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is delivering to men ... Week , which leads up to and includes Father,s Day. ... through June 16. To help men address ...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Heptares Augments Business Development Capabilities in Japan and Other Asian Territories 2Men Who Want to Stay Active, Feel Younger, and Remain Socially and Professionally Engaged Should Address Hearing Loss, BHI Advises 2Men Who Want to Stay Active, Feel Younger, and Remain Socially and Professionally Engaged Should Address Hearing Loss, BHI Advises 3Men Who Want to Stay Active, Feel Younger, and Remain Socially and Professionally Engaged Should Address Hearing Loss, BHI Advises 4
... YORK, Nov. 14, 2011 Reportlinker.com announces ... available in its catalogue: ... http://www.reportlinker.com/p0203105/The-Outlook-for-Pharmaceuticals-in-Northern-Europe.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=NoCategory ... to represent a combined pharmaceutical market value ...
... MALVERN, Pa., Nov. 13, 2011 TetraLogic ... mimetic drugs to treat cancer, today announced presentations of ... TL32711 at the 2011 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference: Molecular ... nearing completion of a single agent Phase 1 study ...
Cached Medicine Technology:The Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Northern Europe 2The Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Northern Europe 3The Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Northern Europe 4TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of Data on Smac Mimetic TL32711 at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics 2
... is the first truely web-based solution on the ... POC (managed from the lab) and Critical Care ... of AegisPOC ensures that all groups have the ... in the manner best suited to them. Through ...
...
... The Vari-Lase Endovenous Laser System is ... for varicose veins in the leg. Endovenous ... surgical vein-stripping for the treatment of varicose ... laser fiber is inserted into the varicosed ...
Using proven 1064 nm technology for the treatment of deeper lesions, the Lumenis One Multi-Spot Nd:YAG module provides versatility allowing targeted treatment of leg veins, vascular lesions, facial w...
Medicine Products: