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(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.
Alzheimer's disease is thought to be up to twice as common in blacks as in whites, leading some advocates to call it a public health crisis in the African-American community.
Honolulu police try to track down an Alzheimer's disease patient that was last seen in front of Kamalu Elderly Housing.
As an occupational therapist, when Deborah Barham sometimes moves an Alzheimer's patient's arm or massages a certain spot, memories will flow.
Alzheimer's Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, will hold caregiver support group meetings 10:30 a.m. Dec. 5 at JFK Hartwyck Adult Medical Day Center, 2050 Oak Tree Road, Edison; and 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Oak Woods Senior Housing, 700 Woods Lane, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. For more information, call the helpline at 800-883-1180.
CHICAGO (AP) - Alzheimer's research in Chicago is getting a big boost from the federal government.
UK is a global pioneer in Alzheimer's research, with a decades-long body of work and 700 volunteers, some with the disease and some without, who are studied for years and donate their brains when they die.
Memory loss is a strange thing.
The offers started coming in Sunday morning. As readers picked up Newsday and saw Karen Henley's story of caring for her husband, Mike, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 36, many felt the need to do something, anything, to ease her burdens.
An 80-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who went missing from his Florida home Friday was found riding on railroad tracks in Orangeburg on Monday, according to media reports.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea.
The job of caregiver is one of endless struggle, and those who work with Alzheimer's caregivers say it is a struggle that is too often ignored by policy-makers.
SPARTA - The Knights of Columbus Squires Circle from Blessed Kateri Church of Sparta participated in the 2009 New Jersey Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, held Oct. 31.
CHICAGO | Alzheimer's research in Chicago is getting a big boostfrom the federal government.
alaria. 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.
Cape Girardeau -- A Jackson resident fighting Alzheimer's disease may be losing control of his memory, but he's holding on tight to what he knows and loves.
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