The Latest Biology News And Medical NewsBiology News 2Health News 2Biology News 3Health News 3
HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS
Common treatment for depression is safe and effective for Alzheimer's patients

cent or more in their depression scores were excluded from the study.

The remaining 44 patients were assigned randomly to receive placebo or sertraline once a day for 12 weeks. Patients were seen in the clinic every three weeks for 12 weeks following the study.

The results show that 84 percent of those receiving the drug were positively influenced, versus 35 percent in the placebo group. The researchers found that treating depression was accompanied by lessened behavioral disturbance and improved activities of daily living as well.

Based on the results, Lyketsos and his team are leading a multicenter clinical trial to investigate the long-term benefits of sertraline for patients with Alzheimer's and to determine how well the treatment eases the burden of caregivers.

According to the National Institute on Aging, up to 4 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease. The disease usually begins after age 60, and risk goes up with age. While younger people also may get AD, it is much less common. About 3 percent of men and women ages 65 to 74 have AD, and nearly half of those age 85 and older may have the disease.


'"/>

Contact: Trent Stockton
tstockt1@jhmi.edu
410-955-8665
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
23-Jul-2003


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Common cold virus can cause polio in mice when injected into muscles
2. Common call for action on European Research Council (ERC)
3. Common therapy for HIV associated with cervical abnormality regression
4. Common chemicals morphing into potential toxins in Arctic
5. Common worm provides insights into salmonella virulence
6. Common virus may contribute to uncommon bone disease in children
7. Common airborne substance makes asthmatics more sensitive to house dust mites: study
8. Common genetic damages in non-dividing cells lead to the creation of mutant proteins
9. Common nutrients fed to pregnant mice altered their offsprings coat color
10. Common gene variant increases risk of atherosclerosis
11. Common thyroid cancer gene mutation found

Post Your Comments:
(Date:11/23/2009)... toads have existed for 360 million years and surv...fungus is threatening to make many of them extinct... Microbiology Today . , The fungus, Batrachoc...iated with waves of amphibian extinctions in Centr...,s. Bd infects over 350 amphibian species by penet...
(Date:11/23/2009)...s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has...hol consumption in pregnancy affects child behavio...published online in the international journal Add...analysis was drawn from a random sample of more th...e months after the baby,s delivery, and were then ...
(Date:11/23/2009)...ty business, posing dangers to human health and th...launching a new project with funding from the U.S....s the fat and grease that contribute to millions o...rs new tools to further reduce the risk of sewage ... sewer systems, as opposed to "combined" systems t...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):New study links alcohol in pregnancy to child behavior problems 2Lose the fat: Targeting grease to curtail sewer overflows 2Living Cell Technologies Diabetes Clinical Trial Authorized by New Zealand Government 49902 1Living Cell Technologies Diabetes Clinical Trial Authorized by New Zealand Government 49902 2Lightspeed Releases the New DepthQ 28R 29 Family of Stereoscopic HD Video Software 49898 1Lightspeed Releases the New DepthQ 28R 29 Family of Stereoscopic HD Video Software 49898 2Lightspeed Releases the New DepthQ 28R 29 Family of Stereoscopic HD Video Software 49898 3Natural Fuels Industries Eyes Biomass Rich Georgia for Production Facility 12763 1Natural Fuels Industries Eyes Biomass Rich Georgia for Production Facility 12763 2Natural Fuels Industries Eyes Biomass Rich Georgia for Production Facility 12763 3
(Date:11/24/2009)...lthRoboticstodayannounced,thatithasformedanewCanad...recentlyformedToronto-basedcompanywilloperateunder...tall,andsupport,HealthRobotics,i.v.RoomoftheFuture...ingsi.v.STATION(TM),i.v.SOFT(TM),andOMM(TM).,Healt...sneeded,basis"toitsstrategicpartnershipswithMcKess...
(Date:11/23/2009)...ive new study, a University of Utah scientist argu... cause of global warming cannot be stabilized unl...s the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant ea... any substantial near-term departure from recently...rates," says the new paper by Tim Garrett, an asso...
(Date:11/23/2009)...irstCall/--PDLBioPharma,Inc.(PDL)(Nasdaq: PDLI )to...9astheex-dividenddateforits$200millionspecialdivid...nsactioncompletedonNovember2,2009.Thedividendwillb...herecorddate,December1,2009.NASDAQhassettheapproxi...mmonstockforpurposesoftheex-dividenddateonNovember...
(Date:11/23/2009)...nC or p.(IDC)announcedtodaythatDr.BruceL.A.Carterh...sfultrackrec or dinbiotechnologyexecutivemanagemen...ics,inSeattle,WAandChiefScientificOfficeratNovoN o...w.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091123/SF15228 ) ,...ercommented,"IamdelightedtowelcomeDr.BruceCarteras...
Breaking Biology Technology:Health Robotics Continues its Global Expansion With December 09 ASHP's Launch of Joint Venture in Canada 2Is global warming unstoppable? 2Is global warming unstoppable? 3Is global warming unstoppable? 4PDL BioPharma Announces Ex-Dividend Date of November 27 for Special Dividend 2Immune Design Corp. Announces Appointment of Dr. Bruce L.A. Carter as Executive Chairman and Director 2
Other News:
... light emission properties of gold by a Texas A&M ...pplications in medicine, genetics and chemistry......emistry and Toxicology at Texas A&M, discovered si... fluorescent light in a much longer time than expe...
...ent, Dr. Ueli Schibler and his team at the Univers...ing discoveries about how the body sets its own ti...ain connected to the eyes resembles a central pace...dition, this main clock is thought to regulate loc...
...om new scientific research which will help improve...s in the sport...Researchers at Imperial College, ...hanics that they have developed a technique which ...l the different sections of their lower back are m...
...or delivering the potent growth factor VEGF into m...h of blood vessels in damaged heart tissue, withou...ent strategy for coronary heart disease that until...ed in the current issue of Proceedings of the Nati...
Amazing light emission properties of gold lead to many applications 2Amazing light emission properties of gold lead to many applications 3Food and the circadian clock 2New research aims to help rowers take the strain off their backs 2New research aims to help rowers take the strain off their backs 3Finding could lead to new approach for treating severe heart disease 2Finding could lead to new approach for treating severe heart disease 3
Unlike moths and butterflies that are often brilliantly colored to warn potential predators that they carry toxins, flowers and the fruits they produce have brilliant colors and unusual shapes because
...most RNAs work to create, package, and transfer pr... miniature pieces of RNA, called microRNAs (miRNAs...from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medi...ry protein to halt protein production. Results of ...
...research has provided the first estimates on the i... water dynamics of the southern Appalachian mounta...ions, researchers Chelcy Ford and Jim Vose from th...logic Laboratory present findings on eastern hemlo...
...ng bacteria on birth control could stop the spread...e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have...red a key weakness in the enzyme that helps fertil...alled bisphosphonates, widely prescribed for bone ...
Size and positioning of floral anthers facilitates pollen collection by bees 2Size and positioning of floral anthers facilitates pollen collection by bees 3Penn researchers discover how microRNAs control protein synthesis 2Loss of hemlocks will affect water dynamics in southern Appalachian forests 2New way to target and kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria found 2New way to target and kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria found 3