Neurological Disorders

Singers from Alzheimer's Society to perform on radio

Salisbury Journal | News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

PEOPLE living with dementia, their carers and volunteer workers will be heard across the country on BBC radio next month.

DNA testing: It's just a click away

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The answers to the questions of why only some people get funny-smelling urine after eating asparagus, develop Alzheimer's in old age or sneeze when looking at the sun depends on their genome. Now anybody with a credit card and Internet access can order a test purporting to demystify their DNA. Saturday afternoon, three experts discussed the implications of widely available genetic testing at an event...

Obituary: Robert Moore Jr. ran family's Orchard Supply store

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Robert L. Moore Jr., a Sacramento civic leader and businessman who led his family's Orchard Supply Co., has died at age 95. He died Oct. 29 of complications from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, said daughter Carolyn Carr. Mr. Moore began working at Orchard Supply Co. at age 5, sweeping floors at the agricultural and garden supply business founded in 1919 by his father, Robert Sr. He rose to president...

Preventing Alzheimer’s: How To Keep Your Brain Healthy

Health Care (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Alzheimer's is a deadly disease that is claiming an increasing number of people each year. As you know, however, research in this field has still not managed to isolate the reason behind this dreaded and debilitating disease. To help bring the increasing numbers down, however, they've now expanded their field ...

With its 'Mother' dead, future of doomsday sect is in doubt

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

BOZEMAN, Mont. | It wasn't long ago that thousands of members of the Church Universal and Triumphant followed their leader's call to donate their life savings to build underground shelters against a coming nuclear apocalypse. Yet Armageddon never came, and after a decade-long decline caused by Alzheimer's disease, Elizabeth Clare Prophet - "Mother" to her followers - died last month at age...

• Fight for Prophet's place as leader splits apocalypse cult - Scotsman.com
• Fight for Prophet's place as leader splits apocalypse cult - News Scotsman

Police find missing 74-year-old Alzheimer’s patient (The Temecula Valley News)

4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

SAN JACINTO - Police today found a missing 73-year-old Alzheimer's patient who left his care facility without medication and sent community agency workers and volunteers on a frenzied 24-hour search, a sheriff's spokesman said. Danny Gonzalez was believed to be in danger of falling into a diabetic coma or become delusional without his prescription medication, according to Riverside County ... Related...

Man loses son to rare epileptic seizure

The Known Causes of Seizures (Free subscription) | yesterday

ONE HELPING of agony, Mekete Gebrehanna saw coming. The second portion, he wasn’t prepared for. Gebrehanna left his home in Ethiopia to earn a degree in environmental science in Guyana. Afterward, his wife and two sons joined him for their new life in Truro, where he began studying for a master’s degree at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Bible Hill. They loved living in Canada....

Postdoctoral Position in Parkinson’s disease, Spain

Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | yesterday

Postdoctoral Position in Parkinson’s disease. CIBERNED - Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. We are looking for a qualified and motivated applicant, with a PhD in Neuroscience. The position is open for an initial period of one year. The position will consist in analysis of the dopaminergic system of mutant mice. Strong experience in histology and protein analysis is required. Additional...

Help for Alzheimer’s sufferers (Clarinda Herald-Journal)

4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | yesterday

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. This progressive, irreversible neurological disorder has no cure, but the earlier someone you love is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the sooner he or she can receive the treatment they need. Related posts: What is Alzheimer’s...

There Isn't Really Drugs In Your Drinking Water Is There?

The Food & Drink Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Peter Abertoning Is it possible that there are drugs in your drinking water? Surely it's not possible that when you drink a glass of water you're drinking drugs? Lets take a look at the possibility that there are drugs in drinking water in the US. Lets start with a quote from the Ralph Nader Institute. "U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer."...

Central Pain Syndrome

Cheri Quite Contrary (Free subscription) | yesterday

That is what I am dealing with now - what appears to be Central Pain Syndrome, which has hit me completely out of the blue. Entirely related to my severely damaged lumbar nerves but completely unlike any of the other pain I have experienced to date. CentralPain.org This new pain is a burning feeling from my bra strap to my hips, on my back. It is only on the skin, but feels like the worst sunburn you...

Columnist: Tom Dowling: Gordon Milward found his hidden talent

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

UNTIL six years ago, Gordon Milward had never written a word of poetry. But when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the verses just began to flow . . .

ECHO Entertainment News: Tom Dowling: Gordon Milward found his hidden talent

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

UNTIL six years ago, Gordon Milward had never written a word of poetry. But when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the verses just began to flow . . .

columns: Tom Dowling: Gordon Milward found his hidden talent

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

UNTIL six years ago, Gordon Milward had never written a word of poetry. But when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the verses just began to flow . . .

Tom Dowling: Gordon Milward found his hidden talent

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

UNTIL six years ago, Gordon Milward had never written a word of poetry. But when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the verses just began to flow . . .

Obesity Can Harm the Brain

bsalmons | 26/08/2009

Obese people have 8 % less brain tissue than people with a normal weight, according to a new study. Obesity can make the brain look 16 years older than the brain of lean people. "That's a big loss of tissue and it depletes your cognitive reserves, putting you at much greater risk of Alzheimer's and other diseases that attack the brain."

• Fat People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration' - Live Science