December 29, 2006 – 9:48 pm
Alzheimer’s disease is a disease that many people fear as they grow older. This disease is characterized by the degeneration of the brain, the progressive lack of memory and the ability to perform cognitive tasks. Many people have watched family members or friends that they care about deal with this disease and have watched as [...]
December 27, 2006 – 12:04 am
New Tool To Diagnose Alzheimer’s CBS News - Dec 21 6:35 PM A newly identified imaging compound that shows how Alzheimer’s disease ravages the brain could lead to better tools to diagnose the disease and better ways to evaluate new treatments, a new study shows.Save
SANTA CLAUS CAN WORK HIS MAGIC IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS Dear Abby via [...]
December 26, 2006 – 7:33 pm
Coming up with activities that work for my 98 1/2-year-old father-in-law is difficult. He has severe dementia, can hardly hear (he has a cochlear implant and a hearing aid), has trouble seeing, and needs a walker to get around. Many resources have been written about activities for people with memory disease and they include crafts, [...]
December 24, 2006 – 12:08 am
Lithium-Like Drugs May Impair Neuronal FunctionForbes – THURSDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) — Too high a dose of lithium and other drugs that inhibit an enzyme called GSK-3 beta can impair, rather than improve, neurological function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and should be used with caution, a
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December 22, 2006 – 12:04 am
Imaging Compound May Catch Early Alzheimer’sForbes – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) — A new imaging technique could make it possible for doctors to detect Alzheimer’s disease in the brain before extensive damage has taken place, researchers report. A study in the Dec. 21 issue of the New England
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December 20, 2006 – 12:08 am
Possible Alzheimer’s Cure WIFR, IL - Dec 12, 2006 The drug, called alzhemed attacks amyloid peptide, a molecule that causes Alzheimer’s. In mice, the drug clears the molecule from the brain.
Promising Alzheimer’s Clue Found AlaskaReport, AK - Dec 12, 2006 Washington, DC – Imagine the ability to use a simple spinal tap to diagnose Alzheimer’s in [...]
December 17, 2006 – 12:04 am
Scientists make discovery in Alzheimer’sPhysOrg – New results, trial for Alzheimer’s vaccine , May 09, 2005 Alzheimer’s disease now 100 years old , October 30, 2006 British scientists eye breakthrough test for Alzheimers , October 30, 2006 Scientists Develop New Treatments for Alzheimer s
The Facts About Alzheimer’s Disease The Facts [...]
December 16, 2006 – 12:03 am
When Alzheimer’s Strikes CBS News, NY - Dec 13, 2006 All week, the Evening News has been running a series on Alzheimer’s. Patty, it turns out, has early-onset Alzheimer s. She was diagnosed at 51 years old.
Alzheimer’s Precursors Found? Technocrat.net, MA - Dec 11, 2006 Currently there is no way to positively prove an [...]
December 14, 2006 – 12:03 am
Cats Can Get Alzheimer’s: Study Austin American-Statesman – WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) — Cats can develop a feline form of Alzheimer’s disease, say U.K. and U.S. researchers who identified a protein that can build up in brain nerve cells and cause mental deterioration. “This newly-discovered protein
Alzheimer’s: New Hope MSNBC – Dec. [...]
December 13, 2006 – 12:03 am
Alzheimer s sufferers should be given drugs News Shopper, UK - Dec 7, 2006 By Sara Nelson. A CAMPAIGNER is calling for the decision to restrict the use of an Alzheimer’s drug to be overturned. Angela Clayton
Column – Pat N. Patrick: Letting loved ones with Alzheimer’s be Amarillo.com (subscription), TX - Dec 10, 2006 [...]