Muscle Weakness Linked to Alzheimer's Risk in Seniors
HealthDay - 2 hours 28 minutes agoTUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with weak muscles may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
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Painkillers May Fight Alzheimer's Disease
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta - 22 minutes agoA study in mice shows that taking Advil and Aleve could help prevent Alzheimer's disease if they are taken early enough.
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SeniorBridge Expands Services in Florida
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 26 minutes agoNEW YORK----SeniorBridge, a provider of professional services for individuals requiring care for chronic health conditions, is expanding its business in Florida. It has acquired Senior Care Management Services, a well-established care management company headquartered in Melbourne, Florida.
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Scientists Decipher The Formation Of Lasting Memories
Science Daily - 30 minutes agoResearchers have discovered a mechanism that controls the brain's ability to create lasting memories. In experiments on genetically manipulated mice, they were able to switch on and off the animals' ability to form lasting memories by adding a substance to their drinking water. The findings are of potential significance to the future treatment of Alzheimer's and stroke.
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Niner Online - 33 minutes agoNovember is national Alzheimer’s awareness month and happens to be the beginning of basketball season. Reaching out for this cause is 49er basketball coach Bobby Lutz and the men’s basketball team who will be hosting the free event “Dunk Alzheimer’s” after the Nov. 13 game.
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Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour honorees
KABC-TV Los Angeles - 1 hour 30 minutes agoEven for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year awards.
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Memories in the Making : Art therapy helps Alzheimer's patients connect with past, keep busy in future.
South Bend Tribune - 1 hour 33 minutes agoNEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Archie flips through the pages of a National Geographic magazine, looking for photos that remind him of favorite faraway places. "Did you travel much when you were in the service?" Marjorie Hilkert asks Archie, a retired two-star general.
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U gets millions from feds for medical research
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 1 hour 38 minutes agoA medical arm of the University of Minnesota has snagged more than $34 million in federal stimulus money that will pay for research projects ranging from Alzheimer's disease prevention to smoking cessation.
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Ralph W. Styles
The Wenatchee World - 1 hour 47 minutes agoRalph Styles, age 70, of Malaga, WA died on Monday, November 2, 2009, due to a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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SRI International and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Launch Translational Medicine Collaboration to Study Methods and Treatments ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 52 minutes agoSRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that its Center for Neuroscience has entered into a research collaboration with F.
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Muscle Weakness Linked to Alzheimer's Risk in Seniors
Forbes - 2 hours 16 minutes agoReason for association unknown, but stroke is one possibility, researchers say
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Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees
The Sierra Vista Herald - 2 hours 17 minutes agoNo descr Poet Maya Angelou accepts a lifetime achievement award during Glamour magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year awards at Carnegie Hall in New York, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. ( AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag’s honorees, 1st Ld-Writethru, US read more
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Rihanna Among Glamour Magazine Honorees
CBS News - 2 hours 22 minutes agoMaya Angelou, Amy Poehler and Stella McCartney Also Recognized at Magazine's Women of the Year Awards
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Library has caregiver information available
Park Hills Daily Journal - 2 hours 30 minutes agoSince time began, families have taken care of their elderly and frail loved ones at home.
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The dog cloner
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Amyloid Beta Protein Gets Bum Rap
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Former Rockettes Give a Kick for Charity
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88-year-old walks 10,000 miles
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The Alzheimer's Project a Must See
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May 13 is National Call-In Day for Including Long-Term Care Services in Health Care Reform
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Cognitive Impairment
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Can Apple Juice Delay Alzheimer's Disease?
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