Alzheimer's music therapy class stimulates the mind
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Alzheimer's music therapy class stimulates the mind
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Rudine Skinner was thankful to be alive on Thanksgiving . "At this time last year, I was in the hospital with congestive heart failure," said Skinner, 86. "I wasn't expected to live." After four months in the hospital, she was able to return to her Northside home. She cares for her husband, Arthur, 83, who is battling Alzheimer's disease and dementia. "We're not able to get out and do things the ...
While a cure remains elusive, there is promise for people suffering from Alzheimer’s.
MILLBURN — The St. Rose of Lima’s Knights of Columbus Council No. 6386 will hold its first Alzheimer’s Walk Fund Drive on Sunday, Nov. 22, at the track at Millburn High School’s Dr. Keith A. Niegel Field, from noon to...
BRIDGEWATER — The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter will present “Defining Dementia,” a free educational program for family caregivers, on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Avalon Assisted Living at Bridgewater, 565 Route 28, Bridgewater....
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle brain structure changes occurring in Alzheimer's patients.
Regina McDonald of Springdale is the multi-cultural outreach coordinator at the Alzheimer's Association, targeting the underserved such as the Asian, African-American and Hispanic populations. I met her through Carolyn Sherman, an Alzheimer volunteer who Regina couldn't praise enough.
MARIETTA, Pa. -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
VIENNA, Austria, November 19 /PRNewswire/ -- AFFiRiS AG will focus its Alzheimer's vaccine program on one product candidate at an unexpectedly early stage of development: the vaccine candidate AD02 is planned to enter into Phase II clinical trial early in 2010.
Mercedes Unzeta, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) claims that the study showed that mice fed a diet based on polyphenols and fatty acids, when compared to those in the control group, had more cell growth in the olfactory bulb and the hippocampus, both of which are damaged in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s disease takes a devastating emotional toll on families but it also is one of the most expensive conditions to treat because of its progressive nature.
Some 5.3 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease with the number projected growing to as many as 16 million in the coming years. California and Florida will have the largest population of Alzheimer's patients with over 500,000 in each state according to a report issued today by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance , an industry trade group.
There will be a free educational and informative seminar on Alzheimer’s Wednesday evening at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. The free program will be held in the hospital dining room from 6 to 8 p.m., and will be hosted by the Lead Belt Memory Walk Committee and the St. Louis Region Alzheimer’s Association.
Taking the car keys away from someone with Alzheimer's disease can be one of the most emotional situations a family faces, a U.S. researcher says.
(ARA) - Every 70 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer's, and as many as 5.3 million people in the United States are living with the disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
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