/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Centre%20for%20Studies%20on%20Prevention%20of%20Alzheimer%27s%20Disease/rss en /channels/channels/news/could-olfactory-loss-point-alzheimers-disease-269504 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>By the time you start losing your memory, it's almost too late. That's because the damage to your brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may already have been going on for as long as twenty years. Which is why there is so much scientific interest in finding ways to detect the presence of the disease early on. Scientists now believe that simple odour identification tests may help track the progression of the disease before symptoms actually appear, particularly among those at risk.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-529144268.jpg?itok=hw4q_1Vb" width="160" height="192" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:26:16 +0000 webfull 130024 at /channels