New option in assisted living
Peoria Journal Star - PEORIA - Families looking to find a home for their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease have a new choice - Bickford Cottage. The facility, 2000 W. Willow Knolls Drive, is an assisted living residence specifically for those suffering from dementia and
ELI LILLY ZYPREXA & DIABETES
Joplin Independent - Recent studies have found that atypical antipsychotics used to control agitation in aggressive Alzheimer patients (chemical straight-jacket) have unacceptable risk. At 5 to ten times the cost of the old standby thorazine,recent comparative studies
Hidden camera used in elder abuse lawsuit
CTV - The family of an elderly Alzheimer’s patient is suing a nursing home near Montreal after a hidden camera allegedly revealed the patient being mistreated by staff. The images were captured by Chantal Contant, whose 78-year-old father Leandre was a
Antipsychotics No Better Than Placebo for Alzheimer’s Patients
MedicineNet.com - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) — Antipsychotic drugs, which are commonly prescribed to treat psychosis, agitation and aggression in Alzheimer’s patients, are essentially no more effective than a sugar pill, new research suggests. Two of the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves ARICEPT(R) for Treatment of
PR Newswire - First and Only Treatment Approved for the Full Spectrum of Alzheimer’s Disease - Mild, Moderate and Severe TEANECK, N.J. and NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Eisai and Pfizer Inc announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
Today in History - Oct. 12
Lincoln Journal Star - Some Alzheimer’s Drugs Very Risky Study: Decaf Coffee Has Some Caffeine Experts: Tell Public About Trauma Tests Reynolds to Drop Flavored Cigarettes Study Seeks Lower Student Diabetes Risk Official Abhors Food Safety Agency Idea U.S. Pandemic Flu Plan
Experts test drugs that fight neuroAIDS
Associated Press - What’s now called neuroAIDS is much different from the AIDS dementia of the epidemic’s early years, when patients often had horrific brain symptoms similar to end-stage Alzheimer’s, unable to move or talk. They’d die within six months. Today, anti-HIV