Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer’s education seminar Wednesday (Park Hills Daily Journal)

4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

There will be a free educational and informative seminar on Alzheimer’s Wednesday evening at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. The free program will be held in the hospital dining room from 6 to 8 p.m., and will be hosted by the Lead Belt Memory Walk Committee and the St. Louis Region Alzheimer’s Association. Related posts: Warning signs of Alzheimer’s (Park Hills Daily Journal)...

Naseeruddin as an Alzheimer patient

i69 (Free subscription) | yesterday

[caption id="attachment_7586" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Naseeruddin Shah "][/caption]The versatile actor Naseeruddin Shah believes in trying many hats at the same time, already awaiting the release of half a dozen of his films in the coming year, he has yet again signed another hard-hitting film ‘Surmai Shaam’. Filmmaker Brahmanand Singh...

Muscle Strength Associated With Decrease in Alzheimer’s Risk

The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday

Miami, FL (AHN) – A new study suggests Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment may be kept at bay by building muscle strength. Researchers with the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago assessed more than 900 older people living in retirement homes who did not have dementia for muscle strength. During a mean follow-up of about 4 [...]

Squires walk to help those with Alzheimer’s disease (The Township Journal)

4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | yesterday

SPARTA - The Knights of Columbus Squires Circle from Blessed Kateri Church of Sparta participated in the 2009 New Jersey Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, held Oct. 31. Related posts: What is Alzheimer’s disease and the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s onset (Clarinda Herald-Journal) Central Texans Walk for Alzheimer’s (KCEN-DT Temple)...

New York – Alzheimer’s Patients Remember Songs Long After They’ve Stopped Recognizing Names, Faces

Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

New York – One of the raps on iPods is that users tend to close themselves off from other people and retreat into their own private world. But with stroke and dementia patients, iPods and other MP3 players are having just the opposite effect. Listening to rap and reggae on a borrowed iPod every day has helped [...]

Deadly toxin in swine flu jab

Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

PEOPLE have the right to know that the new swine flu vaccine contains a deadly toxin linked to autism, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis. This toxin is mercury.

Anti-Wrinkle Formulas That Can Effectively Help You Get Rid of Free Radicals and Stay Young Always

anti aging cream (Free subscription) | yesterday

Usually in body chemistry, free radicals may be helpful in the destruction of invading organisms by white blood cells, known to play a significant role in such ailments as Alzheimer's, arthritis, and heart disease. Free radicals can attack lipids, proteins and nucleic acids that are critical to the texture of your skin when natural enzyme control fails in your body.

Surgery not linked to memory problems in...

WEBLOG DO FRAGA (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Surgery not linked to memory problems in older patients 22 nov 2009--For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis questions those assumptions. In fact, the researchers were not able to detect any long-term cognitive declines...

For my Grandma

Creative Every Day (Free subscription) | yesterday

I'm grieving the loss of my Grandma, who passed away this morning. She has had Alzheimer's for years now and no longer recognized anyone, but other than that she was quite healthy. She woke up this morning, put on her shoes and socks and then passed away, just like that. ...

Scientists hail Hobbie-J as 'cleverest rat'

nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday

Scientists say they have created the world's cleverest rat, called Hobbie-J, by modifying a single gene in a technique they believe could also be used to boost human brainpower. Hobbie-J, named after a Chinese cartoon character, can remember objects for three times longer than other rats and is better at finding its way through mazes. The rat, when it was an embryo, was injected with genetic material...

The Coming Labor War in the NFL

The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

By Dave Zirin When Rush Limbaugh was unceremoniously dumped in his efforts to secure a minority share of the St. Louis Rams, he may have been little more than collateral damage in a brewing collision between NFL owners and the NFL Players Association. After the union raised objections, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell squashed Limbaugh like a waterbug. Given the potential conflict brewing between NFL...

Essentials of Acai Berry

Health and Fitness (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Acai Berry is a small berry found in abundance in the Amazon rainforests and is well known in the area for its healing and weight loss properties, thereby making it a great weight loss aid. Additionally, this fruit is rich in antioxidants and hence very good for preventing diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s and also diseases of the heart. Given the fact that the fruit is hundred percent natural...

Straw Buyer Sentenced, Must Give Fraud Forums

North Country Gazette (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

QUEENS—A 32-year-old Long Island woman who acted as a “straw buyer” to steal the Jamaica, Queens, residence of a 93-year-old Queens man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years’ probation, during which she must appear at mortgage fraud forums and educate people on the ramifications of being [...]

The rogue elephant book tour

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Now, we have the rogue elephant book tour, starring Sarah Palin as she bashes McCainites and media, writes columnist Ellen Goodman. Palin's memory of the campaign fits a definition of political Alzheimer's: She has forgotten everything but the grudges.

Judith Fox Turns A Close-Up Lens On Alzheimer’s (NPR)

4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Judith Fox's new book of photographs is an an intimate portrait of a loved one's submergence into Alzheimer's. I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's is a chronicle of her husband's journey with the disease. Related posts: The Forgetting Alzheimer’s Portrait of an Epidemic What is Alzheimer’s disease and the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s onset (Clarinda Herald-Journal) Concepts...

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