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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.
Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering breakthrough therapies in central nervous system diseases, announced today the culmination of its "Lost & Found" campaign, an online educational initiative whereby each visit to www.lostandfoundcampaign.com prompted a donation by Accera to support the Alzheimer's Foundation of America .
It's estimated that 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and that number is increasing at a fast rate with aging baby boomers.
Angel Cognetta has spent the last several years caring for her aging parents, a full-time job that requires her to help them with their bills, manage their many medications and bring them to countless doctor's appointments.
Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls? The woman is about to watch her husband's neighborhood meandering via computer.
Researchers report evidence supporting a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. and Europe.
Associated Press - November 16, 2009 2:54 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health says the number of residents falling victim to Alzheimer's disease continues to...
In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, sub-regional brain volume loss using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study will be published the week of November 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).
On Wednesday at the Daily Living Center in Waynesboro, the Alzheimer's Association hosted an event to honor those who currently have, or have had Alzheimer's.
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the number of residents falling victim to Alzheimer's disease continues to rise.
A team of U.S., Canadian and Italian scientists led by researchers at Johns Hopkins report evidence from studies in animals and humans supporting a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States.The international team of biochemists and cardiologists say they have identified three changes in the chemical make-up of a key ...
An Alzheimer's facility is proposed at 484 Prospect St. As if two meetings and more than three hours wasn't enough time to talk about an Alzheimer's care facility proposed at 484 Prospect St., the developers were told last week to meet with neighbors again. Several residents who live in an upscale luxury villa complex next door to the old Scripps Hospital turned out at two advisory board ...
The Iowa Department of Public Health said Monday that the number of Iowans facing a battle with Alzheimer's disease continues to rise.
Researchers are preparing for the first Phase 2 clinical trial to test gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The study, the first multicenter neurosurgical intervention in Alzheimer's research in the U.S., utilizes a viral-based gene transfer system, CERE-110, that makes Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), a naturally occurring protein that helps maintain nerve cell survival in the brain.
DES MOINES - Alzheimer's disease continues to move up the listof the top causes for deaths among Iowans.
Jennings and Clarice Sunderland celebrated 50 years of marriage this past January. But in August, desperate to keep Clarice, who has Alzheimer’s disease, from wondering off into the big woods outside their farm, Jennings draped a chain around her in her recliner, looped back into his hand as he sometimes dozed off on the nearby couch.
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