Volunteers needed for Alzheimer’s study at Albany Medical Center.
July 21, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Albany Medical Center in New York State is seeking volunteers for a study looking at the link between copper levels in the body and the advancement of Alzheimer’s Disease.
According to Dr. Earl Zimmerman, clinical director of the Alzheimer’s Center at Albany Med, ‘Research suggests that increased copper levels may make the disease worse for people with Alzheimer’s…If this is so, then a drug to lower copper levels might be useful in treating the disease. Our study hopes to confimr the link between copper and Alzheimer’s disease.’(reference)
To be eligible, volunteers must be 50 years or older with a clinical diagnosis of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. They are also looking for healthy individuals 50 years or older with no family history of either disease.
Volunteers must be able to make two visits to the Alzheimer’s Center at Albany Med.
For more information about the study, contact the Alzheimer’s Center at 518-262-0800 or email heckmas@mail.amc.edu
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