Alzheimer's need not end driving
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 1:56 am ETDALLAS, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- 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.
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Alzheimer’s Vigil
Texarkana Gazette - Fri Nov 20, 9:03 am ETTaylor Hall, right, lights a candle during the annual Alzheimer’s Alliance candlelight service Thursday night at Williams Memorial United Methodist Church, honoring people affected by Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
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Man with Alzheimer's missing for 2 days
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Sun Nov 22, 3:04 am ETAn 80-year-old DeLand man who has Alzheimer's was last seen two days ago in Ormond Beach and may be disoriented and driving around the county, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said Saturday night.
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Alzheimer's research at the University of Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal - Mon Nov 23, 12:52 am ETThe University of Louisville is also doing work on the disease.
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Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Fri Nov 20, 2:39 am ETAlzheimer's Disease Awareness Month By Jean Eick North Lake Tahoe Bonanza Do you sometimes forget the names of acquaintances or misplace your belongings? This is a normal condition and most people have some of these experiences. It also does not mean you have Alzheimer's disease. Symptoms of this disease however are: * Repeating things * Forgetting conversations or appointments * Routinely ...
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Raising Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness with an Apple a Day
PRWeb - Mon Nov 23, 3:22 am ETApples and apple products research suggests role for America’s favorite fruit in brain health. (PRWeb Nov 23, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Apples/Alzheimers_Prevention/prweb3239184.htm
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Davidson: Moving tributes at Memories Lost & Found
Denver Post - Wed Nov 25, 3:20 am ET"Still Alice," Lisa Genova's best-selling novel about a Harvard professor's life after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, has touched hearts around the world, so much so that fans from as far away as Canada traveled to Denver to hear her speak at the 10th-anniversary Memories Lost & Found.
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Speaker: Alzheimer’s rate hitting like a tsunami
The Hillsdale Daily News - Thu Nov 19, 8:11 pm ETWhile a cure remains elusive, there is promise for people suffering from Alzheimer’s.
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Nation-wide Alzheimer’s walks step off in Millburn Nov. 22
Independent Press - Thu Nov 19, 2:08 pm ETMILLBURN — 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...
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Alzheimer’s Association to present free program on December 2
The Somerset Reporter - Thu Nov 19, 5:18 am ETBRIDGEWATER — 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....
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Alzheimer's brain changes studied
UPI - Wed Nov 18, 2:58 pm ETSAN 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.
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Vaccines give drug maker shot in the arm
Reno Gazette-Journal - Tue Nov 24, 11:54 pm ETMARIETTA, 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.
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AFFiRiS AG: Interim Analysis of Clinical Phase I Data Triggered Decision to Move Alzheimer's Vaccine Candidate AD02 ...
redOrbit - Thu Nov 19, 6:08 am ETVIENNA, 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.
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Early stage Alzheimer's patients wage fight of their lives
Newsday - Thu Nov 19, 8:29 am ETProbably the most common perception of those with Alzheimer's is that of a confused, feeble person. But for those in the early stages of the disease, this picture could not be further from the truth.
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Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
The Houma Courier - Thu Nov 19, 4:25 am ETLINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary-tract infections. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. Many could be on the market in five years or less.
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Event commemorates people with Alzheimer’s
BaldwinCountyNow.com - Thu Nov 19, 1:28 am ETDAPHNE, Ala. — Sunday night’s “Candles of Care’ ceremony at the John McClure Snook Memory Care Community honored those who have had — or have been touched by someone who’s had — Alzheimer’s disease. The service, part of a campaign sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, aligned with National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.
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Philadelphia Man With Alzheimer's Goes Missing
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88-year-old walks 10,000 miles
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Can Apple Juice Delay Alzheimer's Disease?
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