Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are concerns for older kidney transplant recipients – EurekAlert (press release)


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Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are concerns for older kidney transplant recipients
EurekAlert (press release)
Washington, DC (December 15, 2016) -- Dementia and Alzheimer's disease develop at elevated rates in older kidney transplant recipients and may threaten the health of their transplanted organ as well as their own survival. The findings come from a study ...
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiving Tips for the Holidays – Newswise (press release)


Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregiving Tips for the Holidays
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — The holidays can be an especially challenging time for family caregivers of people with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. To help families navigate holiday visits, Rutgers Today spoke with Mary Catherine Lundquist, program director of ...

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are concerns for older kidney transplant recipients – EurekAlert (press release)


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Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are concerns for older kidney transplant recipients
EurekAlert (press release)
Washington, DC (December 15, 2016) -- Dementia and Alzheimer's disease develop at elevated rates in older kidney transplant recipients and may threaten the health of their transplanted organ as well as their own survival. The findings come from a study ...
Alzheimer's disease or ageing? Spotting early symptoms of dementiaExpress.co.uk
Early Alzheimer's Test: Protein in Spinal Fluid Gives Clues About Early Dementia SignsMedical Daily
Breakthrough for Alzheimer's could detect disease YEARS before symptoms appearDaily Mail

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Dementia friendly actions happening in Granite Falls from the LAH/BNP – Granite Falls Advocate Tribune


Dementia friendly actions happening in Granite Falls from the LAH/BNP
Granite Falls Advocate Tribune
Results from the Act on Alzheimer's Dementia awareness community survey, were also presented at the meeting. Over seventy-five surveys were completed by respondents from across all business, community and service sectors in Granite Falls. The findings ...

Japanese group get dementia masterclass from housing association – East London and West Essex Guardian Series


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Japanese group get dementia masterclass from housing association
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Philippa Tree, senior international officer for the Alzheimer's Society, said: “We are delighted that the Dementia Action Alliance in Waltham Forest has received international recognition for its leading work to support people with dementia in their ...
People with dementia feel most lonely at Christmas, experts claimNW Evening Mail

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Estradiol Hormone Therapy May Reduce Mortality in Vascular Dementia – Neurology Advisor


Estradiol Hormone Therapy May Reduce Mortality in Vascular Dementia
Neurology Advisor
Postmenopausal women undergoing estradiol-based hormone therapy have a significantly decreased risk for mortality due to vascular dementia and a modestly decreased risk for mortality due to Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the ...

M&S Cardiff host Dementia Friends Christmas shopping event … – Alzheimer’s Society


East London and West Essex Guardian Series

M&S Cardiff host Dementia Friends Christmas shopping event ...
Alzheimer's Society
On Monday 5th December, people living with dementia in Cardiff were treated to a special Dementia Friendly Christmas event at M&S Cardiff on Queen Street.
Japanese Alzheimer's Society group get dementia masterclass from ...East London and West Essex Guardian Series
People with dementia feel most lonely at Christmas, experts claimNW Evening Mail

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LeBlanc Battles Alzheimer’s; Becomes Leading Advocate – WUWF


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LeBlanc Battles Alzheimer's; Becomes Leading Advocate
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He became part of the Early Stage Advisory group for the National Alzheimer's Association in Chicago. He's traveled the country on behalf of the Dementia Action Alliance out of Falls Church, Virginia. And, he recently accepted a nomination to the Board ...
Early Alzheimer's Test: Protein in Spinal Fluid Gives Clues About Early Dementia SignsMedical Daily
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Dementia NEWS: Kidney test could determine risk of Alzheimer’s disease – Express.co.uk


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Dementia NEWS: Kidney test could determine risk of Alzheimer's disease
Express.co.uk
Experts have found people who had high levels of the protein albuminuria had a third - 35 per cent - increased risk of cognitive impairment, dementia or developing Alzheimer's disease. While the exact mechanisms relating renal dysfunction to dementia ...
Simple pee test could spot the early signs of Alzheimer's 'YEARS before symptoms emerge'The Scottish Sun

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Iconic Manchester song reinvented by Bolton musicians – The Bolton News


The Bolton News

Iconic Manchester song reinvented by Bolton musicians
The Bolton News
GAS Music owners Gary Hilton and Steve Southern, with singer Ashleigh Wood, have created a haunting and stripped back version of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart in support of dementia care with all proceeds going to the Alzheimer's Society.

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