New hope of curing dementia
Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 23 6:59 AM
AUSTRALIAN scientists have developed a pill that may one day help cure Alzheimer’s disease. -Save to My Web
Police Ask for Help Finding Missing Alzheimer’s Patient
KCTV 5 Kansas City - Jul 19 10:21 AM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police asked for help from the public Wednesday tracking down an Alzheimer’s patient who was missing.Save to My Web
Antibodies seen stopping Alzheimer’s
Chicago Tribune - Jul 19 3:52 PM
Material found in body shows early promise Treatment with antibodies naturally produced in the body appears to halt the memory-robbing progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to promising early research that scientists plan to expand over the next year. Save to My Web
New ‘patch’ drug therapy for Alzheimer’s has fewer side effects
News-Medical-Net - Jul 20 2:50 PM
Alzheimer’s, is the most common form of dementia and affects as many as 15 million people worldwide.Save to My Web
Alzheimer’s study finds immune therapy benefits
Contra Costa Times - Jul 19 3:25 AM
Experimental immune therapy for Alzheimer’s has proved successful in ongoing studies of eight New Yorkers, six of whom improved in 18 months. “For some, it is quite remarkable,” said Dr. Norman Relkin, an associate professor of clinical neurology and neuroscience at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan.Save to My Web
Alzheimer’s Drugs Only Marginally Helpful, Researchers Say
Bloomberg.com - Jul 19 10:47 AM
July 19 (Bloomberg) — Thomas Finucane, a geriatric specialist, tells his Alzheimer’s patients and their relatives not to get their hopes up when he prescribes Pfizer Inc.’s Aricept and similar drugs.Save to My Web
Slow Recovery Under Way In St. Louis
KGO-TV Bay Area - Jul 23 1:28 PM
The region began recovering from a week that brought 100-degree heat and one of the worst storms ever to hit the area.Save to My Web
Only 37, Illinois Man Has Alzheimer’s
RedNova - Jul 23 6:10 AM
CHICAGO _ Surrounded by friends, Jim Mueller is gregarious and quick with a quip _ until he’s asked the age of his three children. The jokes stop. Silence hangs in the air while the burly sheet-metal worker discreetly peeks at a small notebook before coming up with the right answer.Save to My Web