Help Ward-Off Dementia and Alzheimer’s: BACOA to offer brain fitness program – Chicago Daily Herald

Help Ward-Off Dementia and Alzheimer's: BACOA to offer brain fitness program
Chicago Daily Herald
Register today for the Barrington Area Council on Aging's Total Memory Workout, a six-week course focused on brain fitness and health, slated for Mondays, July 11 through Aug. 15, from 1-3:30 p.m. at BACOA's office, 6000 Garlands Lane, Suite 100, …

Cerebrovascular Disease Linked to Alzheimer’s – Newsmax


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Cerebrovascular Disease Linked to Alzheimer's
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"Both large and small vessel diseases have effects on dementia and thinking abilities, independently of one another, and independently of the common causes of dementia such as Alzheimer's pathology and strokes," said study leader neurologist Dr. Zoe …
Alzheimer's And Dementia News: Are Vascular Diseases Signs?Science World Report
Brain vessel diseases may contribute to Alzheimer's dementiaNews-Medical.net
Cerebrovascular Diseases Could Be Associated With Alzheimer'sThe Independent
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How Google Street View and exercise bikes are helping Alzheimer’s patients to remember – Alphr


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How Google Street View and exercise bikes are helping Alzheimer's patients to remember
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It isn't the only project to use gaming and virtual reality to help dementia patients. Non-profit organisation Alzheimer's Australia developed a prototype VR forest using Microsoft's Kinect sensors, while Alzheimer's Research UK made a VR app that

2016 Nashville Walk to End Alzheimer’s® Chair Has Felt Dementia’s Impact – PR Newswire (press release)


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2016 Nashville Walk to End Alzheimer's® Chair Has Felt Dementia's Impact
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — A Brookdale Senior Living associate who has experienced firsthand dementia's impact on her family has been named the 2016 Walk to End Alzheimer's® Event Chair in Nashville. The Alzheimer's Association …

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New mouse model brings hope for Alzheimer’s patients – Times of India


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New mouse model brings hope for Alzheimer's patients
Times of India
Using a genetically engineered mouse model mimicking the development of Alzheimer's disease in humans, researchers from Johns Hopkins University determined that a one-two punch of major biological "insults" must occur in the brain to cause dementia …
Marijuana Compounds Show Promise in Protecting Brain Cells From Alzheimer'sJewish Business News
Research in Alzheimer's disease cure gets help from new mouse modelThe Dispatch Weekly
THC, chemical found in marijuana, could prevent nerve cell death in Alzheimer'sPerfScience
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Alzheimer’s And Dementia News: Are Vascular Diseases Signs? – Science World Report


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Alzheimer's And Dementia News: Are Vascular Diseases Signs?
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According to Psych Central, researchers from Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago are speculating that vascular diseases in the brain are connected to dementia because diseases of the large and small vessels found in the brain are not uncommon …
Brain vessel diseases may contribute to Alzheimer's dementiaNews-Medical.net
What do we know about Alzheimer's?OneNewsNow
Cerebrovascular disease linked to Alzheimer'sScience Daily
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Cerebellum in Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia: Not a Silent Bystander – Medscape


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Cerebellum in Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia: Not a Silent Bystander
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The network theory of neurodegeneration builds upon the Hebbian notion that neurons that fire together wire together. In this vein, they also die together. Interconnected neural networks in the non-human primate were identified initially with

Genetically engineered mice suggest new model for how Alzheimer’s causes dementia – Science Daily


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Genetically engineered mice suggest new model for how Alzheimer's causes dementia
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For decades, Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, has been known to be associated with the accumulation of so-called neurofibrillary tangles, consisting of abnormal clumps of a protein called tau inside brain nerve cells, and by
Hattiesburg study focuses on Alzheimer's patientsJackson Clarion Ledger
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How worried do you need to be about early-onset Alzheimer’s? – Salon


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How worried do you need to be about early-onset Alzheimer's?
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Alzheimer's is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, leading to cognitive impairment that severely affects daily living. Often the terms Alzheimer's and dementia are used interchangeably and
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Police looking for elderly man with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease – wivb.com


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Police looking for elderly man with dementia, Alzheimer's disease
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TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An elderly man who authorities say was last seen in the Town of Tonawanda's Lincoln Park area has gone missing. Town of Tonawanda Police say Harold Roberts, 79, suffers from Alzheimer's disease and dementia.