PARIS, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - A nearly forgotten Russian-made drug, formulated to combat hay fever, helps improve cognitive abilities in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a year-long trial published on Thursday.

PARIS, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - An international team of researchers said on Friday they had uncovered another link between faulty genes and the commonest form of Alzheimer's disease.

A variant of a gene called CALHM1, located on Chromosome 10, plays a role in late-onset Alzheimer's, which accounts for the majority of cases of this disease.

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2008 (AFP) - Researchers have found that a key ingredient for the formation of Alzheimer's plaques is produced by a brain cell activity, according to a study that helps understand the disease's origin.

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, Feb 1, 2008 (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday unveiled a five-year plan to fight Alzheimer's disease that afflicts 860,000 elderly people in France.