Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease

Mayo Clinic Study Using Structural MRI May Help Accurately Diagnose Dementia Patients

July 6th, 2009 - 1:56 pm

A new Mayo Clinic study may help physicians differentially diagnose three common neurodegenerative disorders in the future. This study was presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease on July 11 in Vienna. In this study, Mayo Clinic … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Study Continues to Refine Most Effective Methods to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

July 6th, 2009 - 1:53 pm

A new Mayo Clinic study found that the clinical criteria for mild cognitive impairment is better at predicting who will develop Alzheimer’s disease than a single memory test. This is one more piece of information to aid in the identification … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer's and Aging Subject of MPR Midmorning

June 25th, 2009 - 6:15 am

Dr. Ron Petersen, Director of the Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and Dr. Claudia Kawas, Neurologist at the University of California, Irvine, recently appeared on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorninng program. Here is a link to the program: The 90+ … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Expert in HBO Online Production

June 1st, 2009 - 1:10 pm

Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., head of Mayo’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, is featured in an HBO-produced feature on Mild Cognitive Impairment. Dr. Petersen, a national expert in dementias, is focused on finding ways to make the earliest possible diagnoses for … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Physician’s Participation in Launch of "Rock Stars of Science" Campaign

June 1st, 2009 - 7:01 am

Dr. Ron Petersen, the director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, participated in the recent launch of the “Rock Stars of Science” campaign in GQ magazine. The Rock Stars of Science campaign (ROCK S.O.S.) is sponsored by GEOFFREY … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Researchers Named Among Top 100 in Field

March 19th, 2009 - 2:23 pm

A new study in the March 2009 issue of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, measures the scientific productivity and impact of the top 100 Alzheimer’s disease investigators in the world.  Five current or former Mayo Clinic researchers were included on the list of most … Continue reading →

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New Mayo Clinic Computer Analysis Gives Alzheimer’s Disease Severity “Score”

July 15th, 2008 - 4:45 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an algorithm that extracts information on brain deterioration from three-dimensional MRI scans and assigns a severity score by comparing the scan to a large library of scans from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and patients who … Continue reading →

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