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Need for New Lines of Research Stressed in a Supplement to Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
June 15, 2012 - No effective treatments are currently available for the prevention or cure of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. The most recognized risk factors, advancing age and having the apolipoprotein E Ɛ4 gene, cannot be modified or treated. Increasingly, scientists are looking toward other risk factors to identify preventive and therapeutic strategies. Much attention recently has focused on the metabolic syndrome (MetS), with a strong and growing body of research suggesting that metabolic disorders and obesity may play a role in the development of dementia.
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June 14, 2012 - Turing-related issues published as Alan Turing Centenary draws near
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June 6, 2012 - Quarter 2/2012: new books in Biochemistry, Medicine & Health
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June 6, 2012 - Quarter 2/2012: new books in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
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