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Voices of Alzheimer’s Disease: Summary Report on the Nationwide Town Hall Meetings for People with Early Stage Dementia

Voices of Alzheimer’s Disease: Summary Report on the Nationwide Town Hall Meetings for People with Early Stage Dementia (PDF: 1.8 MB) Source: Alzheimer’s Association Hundreds of people living in the early stage of Alzheimer’s stated that the stigma associated with the disease is one of their top concerns during town hall meetings that the Alzheimer’s Association [...]

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Monititoring of brain gives clues to Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON | Scientists for the first time have peered into people’s brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Alzheimer's-linked protein traced live

Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease.

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Tracking Alzheimer's-linked protein in live brains

WASHINGTON -- Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease.

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Brain injury study adds to Alzheimer's enigma

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Levels of a protein linked with Alzheimer's disease rise as people recover from brain injuries -- a surprising finding that may help explain why injuries boost the risk of developing the disease, U.S. and Italian researchers said on Thursday.

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But... but... he's a former blahblahblah!

Pat Leahy finally comes out and says what everybody has been thinking -- that McInsane has developed Alzheimer's Disease. Somewhat. See also here .

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Special Caring Today Report on Men as Caregivers Has Powerful Story From Actor Hector Elizondo

FAIRFIELD, CT -- 08/27/08 -- Actor Hector Elizondo described the period in the late 1960s and early 1970s -- when his father, Martin, cared for his mother, Carmen, through her struggles with Alzheimer's disease -- as "the dark ages." "The..

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Alzheimer's patients: Disease shouldn't define us

After a year of listening to the thoughts of more than 300 people diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Association released "Voices of Alzheimer's Disease" on Tuesday. The report revealed many patients in the early stages of dementia say they are prematurely perceived as debilitated -- even by close friends and relatives.

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Pioneering Neurosciences Institute Sets Date for Dedication of New Facility and First-Ever International Forum on Memory and Memory Disorders

ON OCTOBER 16 WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTISTS WILL CONVENE TO SHARE CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, MEMORY AND AGING MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Aug. 26 /PRNew...

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Pioneering Neurosciences Institute Sets Date for Dedication of New Facility and First-Ever International Forum on Memory and Memory Disorders

ON OCTOBER 16 WORLD-RENOWNED SCIENTISTS WILL CONVENE TO SHARE CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, MEMORY AND AGING MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 16th, 2008, the new $30 million Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) located on the campus on West Virginia University and founded in honor of U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller's mother, will play...

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Respect for Elders

I was a bit flabbergasted when a recent caller to my radio program described how incredibly resentful she was that her elderly aunt, deep in Alzheimer’s Disease, would repeat and repeat and repeat old history again and again and again. This caller was furious that her aunt wouldn’t recognize her, wouldn’t deal with the here [...]

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My Name is Lisa - a short film

"My Name is Lisa" is a short film about a 13 year old girl dealing with her mother's Alzheimer's Disease. My Name is Lisa is the winner for the Best Short Film of 2007. Watch the film after the jump. It is very moving. It'll touch your heart. Cast: Carlie Nettles as LISA Sally Smythe as MOM Jeff Grimm as PIZZA DELIVERY GUY Facts: Alzheimer's is one of many serious and scary diseases still

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Brain imaging may allow Alzheimer’s diagnosis (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An imaging method known as a PET scan may qualify doctors to determine whether a person has "plaques" in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to a Finnish study published on Monday. The brain tissue of people with Alzheimer's disease contains abnormal clumps called amyloid plaques, nevertheless generally doctors cannot subsist sure if they are there...

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Statins' data inconclusive for dementia

Q: I am a healthy 55-year- old man. My cholesterol runs a little high, but I don't smoke, my blood pressure is normal, and I eat well and exercise regularly. I don't have any family history of heart disease. I recently heard that statin drugs can prevent Alzheimer's disease. My mother developed Alzheimer's 2 years ago. I'm wondering if I should start taking a statin. What do you think?

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Husband of Alzheimer's patient resigned to the end

In the beginning, it was little lapses that foreshadowed the grim diagnosis Eileen Cox Jones feared most. "She'd lose her keys - minor things at first," said John Jones, her husband of 28 years. "She'd leave her grade book or papers behind. She'd run ...