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The fake bus stop hack
- byrneseyeview 18y ago""It sounds funny but it helps," said Franz-Josef Goebel, the chairman of the "Old Lions" association." Franz-Josef Goebel? Sounds suspicious. On the other hand, here's a picture: http://www.alte-loewen.de/dpa2g.jpg http://www.alte-loewen.de/dpa2g.jpg
- pmjordan 18y agoWhy does that sound suspicious? The name isn't out of the ordinary in Germany.
- byrneseyeview 18y agoIt's still common to give people the same names as Nazi leaders?
- Tichy 18y agoYou're thinking of Goebbels, not Goebel.
- smanek 18y agoI believe they've already found a likely cure: etanercept. It seems to make all symptoms disappear within minutes - undergoing large scale testing now. Should be approved for Alzheimers within a few years.
- thorax 18y agoLast I heard (a few months ago maybe?) there had only really been tried/injected into one fellow who did have that kind of result. Has their been some larger scale trials that make this promising case sound like a likely cure?
- etal 18y agoI was thinking about that the other day -- it's an anti-inflammatory drug that seems to work immediately on many patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Why? Apparently it's difficult to tell the difference between Alzheimer's and vascular dementia while the patient is still alive -- examining a sample of brain tissue is the definitive test. I think I heard that the misdiagnosis rate is something like 50% (unreliable number, don't take my word for it). It doesn't make much sense for an anti-inflammatory drug to clear the protein plaques or undo neurological damage in the case of Alzheimer's disease, but it does make sense for the drug to improve blood flow to the brain for patients who actually have vascular dementia instead. So, perhaps there was a mix of patients in the (small) initial trials we've seen for etanercept as an Alzheimer's treatment that accounts for the surprising result.
- gibsonf1 18y agoLet's only hope that by the time we reach the ripe old age of Alzheimers onset, the cure has been found. It seems like a fate almost worse than death.
- kirubakaran 18y agoIn the mean time, drink coffee http://alzheimers.about.com/od/research/a/Coffee_Alz.htm http://alzheimers.about.com/od/research/a/Coffee_Alz.htm
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoand eating curry http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20050105/curry-spice-may-fight-alzheimers-disease http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20050105/curry-spice-ma...
- icky 18y agoDrinking coffee and eating curry are great for the brain, hell on the bowels! ;)
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoI'd even settle for a treatment. Today's strategy seems to be to lock people away and hope they don't hurt themselves.
- redorb 18y agotrue, although it only seems that way to us.. To them I hope they can't remember the pain, and everyday is a new day of learning...
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoIt's not a day of learning. It's day after day of being frightened by unfamiliar surroundings, not knowing why you are so old and feeble, and being afraid that everyone around you is trying to hurt you. The paranoia and distrust and bitterness that comes with the disease is just as bad as the memory loss itself. All of that hardship drags down entire families and can stress old friendships to the breaking point. Alzheimer's is a frightening and cruel disease.
- bayareaguy 18y agoAs far as I know there currently isn't a good way to tell if a living patient has Alzheimers as opposed to more general dementia. Given that my mom has been showing signs of this for the past few months I'd be curious if anyone here actually knows more. I've found "The 36-Hour Day" http://www.amazon.com/36-Hour-Day-Alzheimer-Dementing-Illnesses/dp/0446610410 http://www.amazon.com/36-Hour-Day-Alzheimer-Dementing-Illnes... to be somewhat helpful so far. Anyone have any other good recommendations?