Latino friends join Alzheimer's study, tackle 'cultural' issue
USA Today - Sun Dec 6, 8:13 pm ETResearchers have a unique opportunity to better understand how cultural factors influence aging and Alzheimer's in the Latino community.
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Alzheimer's Caregivers Face Holiday Stress
redOrbit - Tue Dec 1, 12:08 am ETWATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In Massachusetts, approximately 70% of those with Alzheimer's disease are cared for at home, so the Alzheimer's Association is preparing for a surge in calls to its 24/7 Helpline during the holiday season.
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Diet rich in polypenols might delay onset of Alzheimer’s
Nutraingredients.com - Mon Nov 30, 6:13 pm ETMercedes 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.
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Cumberland County briefs - Holiday concert, Teachers tea, Alzheimer's support
Bridgeton News - Fri Dec 4, 2:57 am ETThe Bridgeton High School Visual and Performing Arts Department will present its Holiday Concert on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Robert L. Sharp Auditorium.
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Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
Tri-Valley Dispatch - Thu Dec 3, 2:01 am ETMARIETTA, Pa. — Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer’s disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler’s diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
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Speakes estate ruling disputed
The Clarion-Ledger - Sun Dec 6, 7:27 am ETWas former White House press secretary Larry Speakes, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, abducted from his wife's care in 2008? Or had she already neglected and abandoned him?
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For Helen
North Platte Telegraph - Sun Dec 6, 6:08 am 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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Alzheimer's Researcher Joins UF to Fight Brain Disease
Newswise - Mon Nov 30, 1:33 pm ETDr. Todd Golde will direct the College of Medicine's new Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, leading efforts to develop treatments and diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease, dementias, and other diseases.
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Euless Alzheimer's sufferer located in Ranger
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Sat Dec 5, 4:40 pm ETAn employee at a travel center who helped the 75-year-old man recognized symptoms and alerted authorities.
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Grandville police seek 84-year-old Alzheimer's disease patient
The Grand Rapids Press - Thu Dec 3, 11:50 pm ETWilma Erikson, who drives a brown, 2001, Buick LeSabre, is believed to have dropped a friend off at Saint Mary's Health Care in Grand Rapids shortly before going missing.
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In the Neighborhood
Battle Creek Enquirer - Sun Dec 6, 4:34 am ETThe Alzheimer's Association will present an "Understanding Alzheimer's" discussion from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Marshall District Library, 124 W. Green St. in Marshall.
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Bowl With The Birds for Alzheimer's
FOX 29 Philadelphia - Wed Dec 2, 4:57 pm ETJoin the Philadelphia Eagles' Chris Gocong and friends at the annual "Bowl With the Birds" event to benefit the Alzheimer's Association of the Delaware Valley.
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People’s Pharmacy column
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sun Dec 6, 12:21 am ETQ:Is there really a connection between drinking fruit or vegetable juices out of aluminum cans and developing Alzheimer’s disease? Answer: It is unlikely that drinking fruit or vegetable juices from aluminum cans would increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Aluminum cans are coated with a plastic lining to prevent corrosion and protect the juice from acquiring a metallic flavor.
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Fight Alzheimer's by eating at Chick-fil-A
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Wed Dec 2, 5:08 pm ETPublished: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. The Alzheimer's Association is having a fundraiser at the Boiling Springs Chick-fil-A from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Alzheimer's from A to Z
The Record and Herald News - Mon Nov 30, 8:05 am ETToday marks the end of Alzheimer's Awareness Month, which brings to light the progressive and fatal brain disease named for German doctor Alois Alzheimer.
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Gladstone scientists identify strategies to protect new brain cells against Alzheimer's disease
EurekAlert! - Thu Dec 3, 12:28 pm ET( Gladstone Institutes ) Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease have discovered that two main causes of AD amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides and apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) impair the growth of new neurons born in adult brains. What is more, they have identified drug treatments that can normalize the development of these cells even in the presence of Aβ or apoE4.
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Former Rockettes Give a Kick for Charity
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