Latino friends join Alzheimer's study, tackle 'cultural' issue
USA Today - Mon Dec 7, 2:55 pm ETResearchers have a unique opportunity to better understand how cultural factors influence aging and Alzheimer's in the Latino community.
Alzheimer's Disease
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Alzheimer's Research May Lead to Preventing the Debilitating Disease
redOrbit - Thu Dec 3, 3:09 pm ETNEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most heartbreaking diagnoses a person can receive. This irreversible, progressive brain disease slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.
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Elderly Sevier Co. man with Alzheimer's disease found safe
WATE 6 Knoxville - Thu Dec 3, 10:05 pm ETSevier County authorities say an elderly man with Alzheimer's disease was found safe early Friday morning.
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EnVivo Pharmaceuticals Announces Results Showing In-Vivo Reduction of Aggregated B-Amyloid
redOrbit - Tue Dec 8, 10:09 am ETWATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- EnVivo Pharmaceuticals today reported the successful reduction in the levels of aggregated Abeta or Beta-Amyloid in an aged transgenic model (Tg2576) of Alzheimer's disease with its lead gamma-secretase modulator (GSM) EVP-0962.
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Mitochondrial enzyme improves cognition in Alzheimer's mice
redOrbit - Wed Dec 2, 11:18 pm ETReduced reactive oxygenSuperoxide dismutase (SOD-2), an enzyme made in the cell's mitochondria, also reduced the levels of superoxide (reactive oxygen) that is implicated in Alzheimer's disease, said Pautler, who did the research in collaboration with Dr. Eric Klann, now of New York University. The two began their collaboration on the neurodegenerative disorder when Klann was at BCM, where he is ...
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Euless police seek help finding Alzheimer's patient
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Sat Dec 5, 12:39 am ETPolice seek help finding Alzheimer’s patient EULESS — Police are asking for the p
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For Helen
North Platte Telegraph - Tue Dec 8, 3:06 pm ETThe North Platte Telegraph Just about anyone in the North Platte area who has had a loved one with Alzheimer's knows Helen Bell. In addition to facilitating two support groups for families of Alzheimer's patients, Bell has helped organize the annual North Platte Memory Walk as a fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association.
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biOasis Executes Agreement With Fleet Bioprocessing Ltd. to Develop Diagnostic Test for Alzheimer's Disease
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 9:00 am ETVANCOUVER, British Columbia -- biOasis Technologies Inc. announced today that a major step in the application of its proprietary technology for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease was achieved by the signing of an Agreement with UK-based Fleet Bioprocessing Ltd. .
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Meeting aims to aid Alzheimer’s patients
Bowling Green Daily News - Sat Dec 5, 2:39 am ETThe Alzheimer’s Association will host a public meeting at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Warren County Public Library, 1225 State St.
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Axona, A Medical Food For Alzheimer's Disease
CBS4 Miami - Wed Dec 2, 6:01 pm ETImagine standing by helplessly as your memories, the things that make you who you are, slip away. That's what patients with Alzheimer's Disease go through. But some patients are getting help fighting the effects of this disease from a new type of food.
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'I can never forget the attack on Pearl Harbor'
El Paso Times - Tue Dec 8, 2:24 am ETEL PASO -- Though Alzheimer's disease has stolen some of his memory, Joseph Adams says he will never forget Dec. 7, 1941. ›› Photos from Monday's commemoration |
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Swindled Elderly Alzheimer’s Patient Out Of Home
Times Newsweekly - Fri Dec 4, 2:38 pm ETA 32-year-old Long Island woman who acted as a “straw buyer” to steal the Jamaica residence of a 93-year-old Alzheimer’s patient has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years’ probation, it was announced. read more
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Assisted living company breaks ground on facility
The Times of Northwest Indiana - Mon Dec 7, 8:03 pm ETMERRILLVILLE | The Spring Mill Health Campus expects its newfacility for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease or otherdementia will be constructed by next summer.
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Alzheimer's patient at wheel of vehicle in fiery crash on Turnpike
The Star-Ledger - Wed Dec 2, 2:44 am ETA 67-year-old Hamilton Township woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease was found dead at the wheel of her car on the New Jersey Turnpike Tuesday morning after a fiery crash. Authorities had been searching for the woman since Monday. According to...
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Turnpike crash kills woman with Alzheimer's disease
Courier-Post - Wed Dec 2, 4:17 am ETA woman with Alzheimer's disease died in a fiery chain-reaction crash early Tuesday after she stopped her car on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said.
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N.J. Turnpike crash kills woman with Alzheimer's
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Tue Dec 1, 7:31 pm ETA woman with Alzheimer's disease was killed in a fiery crash before dawn yesterday after she either stopped or slowed her car in the passing lane of the New Jersey Turnpike in Westampton, Burlington County.
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Former Rockettes Give a Kick for Charity
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About.com: Alzheimer's Blog
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Early Detection Blog Series Supports Those in Search of an Accurate Diagnosis
Tue Jun 2, 6:53 pm EDTIf you are a proponent of the early detection of Alzheimer's ...
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The Alzheimer's Project a Must See
Tue May 26, 8:19 pm EDTIf you missed The Alzheimer's Project -- the multi-part HBO ...
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May 13 is National Call-In Day for Including Long-Term Care Services in Health Care Reform
Tue May 12, 7:58 pm EDTIt's only about six weeks before scheduled Committee votes ...
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New Beginnings
Tue Apr 21, 1:40 pm EDTFirst of all, I want to apologize to everyone who reads this site ...
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Cognitive Impairment
Tue Mar 17, 7:57 pm EDTWe already know that Vitamin D is essential for maintaining bone ...
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Can Apple Juice Delay Alzheimer's Disease?
Tue Mar 17, 7:04 pm EDTMaybe. Dr. Thomas B. Shea of the Center for Cellular Neurobiology ...
