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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will lead a six-year, $16 million international research collaboration dedicated to understanding inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will fund the project. Forms of Alzheimer's disease linked to inherited mutations are rare but have provided scientists with...
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The Human Future (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dr. Vincent Fortanasce, who is a supporter of my work has written a new book and I wanted to give a plug for it. It's available on Amazon .com. Here's what his staff sent me on his book: In a 4 step method Dr. Fortanasce will present the DEAR method that is medically proven to prevent Alzheimer's through (1) Diet, (2) Exercise, (3) Accentuating the Brain's Reserve, and (4) the Rosary & meditation....
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Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and three collaborating institutions are using a new laboratory model of the membrane surrounding neurons in the brain to study how a protein long suspected of a role in early-stage Alzheimer?s disease actually impairs a neuron's structure and function.
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Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that the early findings will raise premature hopes in patients and their families....
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
BOSTON - Just 10 days before the close of the session, the State Senate voted unanimously to pass SB425, An Act Relative to Dementia Special Care Units in Long Term Care Facilities, sponsored by Senator Marc Pacheco. In short, the bill calls for established standards for any facility that
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The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
An Englishman's Castle has depicted (pun intended) another touching display of infantile Scottish xenophobia. Alex Salmond says... show racism the red card The 1976 Race Relations Act made it an offence to discriminate against people on the grounds of their race and/or nationality. It also made it an offence to create, encourage, or participate in behaviour that is offensive or creates a hostile atmosphere....
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A Great Pleasure (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
After learning about the Alzheimer's Memory Walk, i searched deeper into their website and found this: In honor of Martin's GrandmaDiagnosis of Alzheimer'sGet a Web Ribbon Just add this purple widget at your blog, and Caring.com will contribute $10 to the Alzheimer's Association. It can be personalized with
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A Great Pleasure (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Do you know that individuals who are over 65 years old are commonly afflicted with Alzheimer disease? Each individual experiences the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in different ways. The common recognized symptom is memory loss. Often this symptom is mistaken as a form of stress. As the disease advances, other symptoms such as confusions, angers, mood-swings and language breakdown will surfaced
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Earth Girl (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
My grandparents stayed at our house last night. Their sheltered flat is being fumigated for bedbugs. Alzheimer Granny got very excited when we got out my baby album. She loves children. She’ll sit in the park and watch them for hours. When she was done cooing over my former cuteness (for I was a little cherub) she launched into her second favourite topic ‘Why aren’t you married yet'’. Fortunately she...
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Raedwald (Free subscription) | yesterday
To be filed away in my file of 'red wine cuts heart disease', 'smoking delays Alzheimer's', 'aerobics shortens lives' and similar stories is 'Soya decreases sperm counts' . I always knew the hand-knitted yoghurt sandals wearers were firing blanks. Of course, the NHS should now refuse infertility treatment to anyone who doesn't eat meat. But I wouldn't hold your breath.
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Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I welcome the comments made by Roman Catholic Bishop Dias as a guest speaker at the Lambeth Conference. Addressing this gathering of wooly-minded liberals, the Bishop said... “Much is spoken today of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. By analogy, their symptoms can, at times, be found even in our own Christian communities. For example, when we live myopi-cally in the fleeting present, oblivious...
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Ph articles (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
People with idiocy may remember more than it first appears, according to researchers in Dundee and Fife. They believe knowledge may not be destroyed in conditions such during the time that Alzheimer's disease until later than previously thought. The academics concluded that often patients would be able to recall facts, but became confused by the method the questions were asked. The research was carried...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
The Detroit area lost a well-known commentator on the auto industry when Albert Fleming died Saturday. He was 78. Mr. Fleming, who had Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, wrote, edited and broadcast his thoughts on the auto industry during a career that spanned 50 years.
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Newsgasm (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
I'm so sad. Golden Girl, Estelle Getty, passed away this morning. She was 84-years-old and just three days shy of being 85. She had been suffering with Lewy Body Dementia (a progressive brain disease similar to Alzheimer's disease). We'll...
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Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Still think they know what a "healthy" food is? "People who eat high levels of some soy products, including tofu and other so-called superfoods, may be at an increased risk of memory loss. Loughborough and Oxford scientists, funded by the Alzheimer's Research Trust, worked with Indonesian colleagues to investigate the effects of high soy consumption in 719 elderly Indonesians living in urban and rural...
