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Loss of body mass linked to development of Alzheimer's disease

he altruism and support of the participants in the Religious Orders Study.

The researchers note that the Religious Orders Study research complements recently published findings of the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, a 32-year population-based study funded jointly by NIA and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH. Those findings, released in the January 2005 Archives of Neurology, show that dementia-associated weight loss in Japanese-American men begins before the onset of dementia and accelerates by the time of diagnosis.

For more information on participation in an AD clinical trial, visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ (search for "Alzheimer's disease trials") or the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center website at http://www.alzheimers.org. ADEAR may also be contacted toll free at 1-800-438-4380. The ADEAR Center is sponsored by the NIA to provide information to the public and health professionals about AD and age-related cognitive change and may be contacted at the website and phone number above for a variety of publications and fact sheets, as well as information on clinical trials.


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Contact: Vicky Cahan
cahanv@nia.nih.gov
301-496-1752
NIH/National Institute on Aging
26-Sep-2005


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