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 Yahoo! News - Dec 23 5:29 PM
DEAR ABBY: Do you believe there is a Santa Claus? My father died in 1966. I would have Mom for two more years. She was ill and developing Alzheimer’s when my husband gave me an ultimatum: him or my faith. I chose my faith. When he left, I was left with Mom and two teenagers to support. We lived through some very hard times. Many nights we went to bed hungry.Save
Dearly departed
St. Petersburg Times - Dec 25 10:09 PM
Page 2 looks back at this year’s notable sports deaths. Every year, the sports world sees the passing of famous names and figures. But 2006 was different. And more somber. The sports world lost some of its greatest innovators, pioneers and ambassadors.Save
More and more seniors find care with their kids
Los Angeles Daily News - Dec 25 9:33 PM
She took in Dad when his mind slipped, welcomed home a brother with Down syndrome and now cares for Mom, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Each workday, Sandra Kilman also drives across the San Fernando Valley to baby-sit her 11-month-old granddaughter.Save
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease
ABC 7 Chicago - Dec 22 9:20 AM
Cutting edge brain scanners may help doctors detect Alzheimer’s disease.Save
Study Offers Window Into Human Behavior, Brain Disease
Science Daily - Dec 26 3:05 AM
UCSF scientists have identified a cell population that is a primary target of the degenerative brain disease known as frontotemporal dementia, which is as common as Alzheimer’s disease in patients who develop dementia before age 65.Save