Hi! this time I come here to show you a study done in Ireland where new tests can help in early diagnosis of the disease.


Without further delay, Cerebrum.

Irish researchers have discovered that measuring brain size and perform memory tests can give a diagnosis with about 95% accuracy whether or not the person has Alzheimer's future. They are investing in new research to develop tests capable of detecting early, Alzheimer's disease. They said this could pave the way for the formulation of new drugs and more effective treatments.

The Alzheimer's Association, which funded the research Irish and American, will invest 60 million dollars (nearly 120 million dollars) over five years to try to discover the cause and cure of disease. More than 800 people are involved in research.

Hello again, on last February 26 we went to the Nursing home in Condeixa where we interact with Alzheimer's patients who brought us to another level in terms of knowledge about the disease and what it does to people.. The faces of the patients had to be blurred out, at the request of Dr. Ana.

Thanks, Cerebrum

Well, this excerpt is a good example for people who think that Alzheimer's manifests itself in the elderly, sometimes not quite, as this young Australian, Rebecca Doig of 31 years.



Regards, Cerebrum


An Australian 31-year-old, who suffers from a rare form of Alzheimer's, can not recognize his own daughter, a healthy baby girl born last week.
Rebecca Doig was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in August 2009 when the tests also showed that she was pregnant.
According to Australian newspapers, it is believed she is the only woman to have been diagnosed with this form of disease - similar to that which affects the elderly.
Since her daughter, Emily Rebecca Doig was born, the mother can not care for the baby and even managed to hold it.
The first symptoms of the disease began to emerge in 2008 when Rebecca forgot where he put the bag or house keys.
After losing several jobs for "mistakes", the couple went on to consult with a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with depression.
But his condition continued to deteriorate and she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's while he knew he would be a mother.
Currently, Rebecca Doig needs care 24 hours a day. Her husband, Scott Doig, told Australian media that she lost to recent memory and emotions.


"Your frontal, parietal and temporal shrunk," he told local newspaper Hornsby and Upper North Shore Advocate.


The baby's mother Emily did not inherit the genetic defect that causes the disease.

Cerebrum

Hello there!

We are a group of Portuguese students, we live in Coimbra and study at Colégio da Imaculada Conceição. We are developing a project on Alzheimer’s disease and our name is Cerebrum (Latin for brain). There are five of us involved in this project. This blog is one of many ways of showing our work. We have recently decided to turn this blog into something international, so here we are publishing in both Portuguese and English so that we can get to the largest possible number of people throughout the entire world!~

 Time for an update now. We have met a neurologist who works at Hospital dos Covões(CHC) and that is going to support our project during the year. We’ll be out on the streets next week in order to carry out a survey about how much information reaches the common citizen and how good it is. If you happen to be visiting, don’t be surprised if you come up against us. The results we’ll be available right here as soon as possible! We also intend to put up a fund raising campaign during December, some conferences at our school… and some other projects that you’ll end up knowing about through this blog.

Now, really big news! Since we went ambitious with the whole thing, we’ve decided to try making contact with António Damásio, a major name in our field of research who happens to be Portuguese too. Just google him up. Yes, he does live in the USA and our e-mail may never reach him but we can’t quit before trying. It may prove to be something impossible but just think of what could happen if we actually turn this idea into something real!

 Stay tuned for the next updates and remember: keep using your brain cells, it still is the best way of fighting Alzheimer’s!

 Cerebrum