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Alzheimer's Association offers caregiving classes
Logan Daily News Session topics for the three sessions include understanding dementia and Alzheimer's disease, communication and safety, and community resources. Caregiving 101 is designed to assist families and caregivers in understanding the diagnosis and planning … Advocates urge action on Alzheimer's in Washington campaign (Your letters) Alzheimer's Support Group Meets |
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Alzheimer’s patients benefit from creative art – DesMoinesRegister.com
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Alzheimer's patients benefit from creative art
DesMoinesRegister.com "Even though the brain is damaged in some ways, their creativity still remains, as well as their wisdom," said Lucas, who has led the Memory Minders support group, made up of folks with early-stage and younger-onset dementia, on a group outing to … |
Alzheimers: FDA approval of dementia drug based on biomarkers? – MedPage Today
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Alzheimers: FDA approval of dementia drug based on biomarkers?
MedPage Today Are biomarker-based endpoints adequate to prove efficacy in Alzheimer's drug trials? We asked two prominent experts: Eric Reiman, MD, executive director of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix, and Mary Sano, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the … |
Iceland Foods raises £3.1m for Alzheimer’s Research UK – Huddersfield Examiner
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Iceland Foods raises £3.1m for Alzheimer's Research UK
Huddersfield Examiner All the money raised is making a major contribution to dementia research, supporting studies into early-onset Alzheimer's, which can affect people under the age of 65. The research is focusing on improving diagnosis and understanding the risk factors … Iceland hands £3m to dementia cause |
A Dozen Things You Didn’t Know About Alzheimer’s – Huffington Post (blog)
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A Dozen Things You Didn't Know About Alzheimer's
Huffington Post (blog) Alzheimer's is endlessly destructive. Most people think that Alzheimer's destroys people's ability to remember. But it's far worse than that. The dementia struggles of legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith, which have recently gone public … Ground-breaking global study into Alzheimer's disease to be led by Cardiff … Alzheimer's researchers may take age into account Researchers seek simple Alzheimer's test |
Twenty Years of Alzheimer’s Research May Have Focused on the Wrong Protein – Daily Beast
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Twenty Years of Alzheimer's Research May Have Focused on the Wrong Protein
Daily Beast Five million Americans age 65 and older currently have Alzheimer's disease, according to advocacy organization the Alzheimer's Association. That number is expected to rise to 16 million in 2050. Because dementia results in the gradual loss of … |
Fixing This One Thing Will Help People With Alzheimer’s, Their Families and … – Care2.com
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Fixing This One Thing Will Help People With Alzheimer's, Their Families and …
Care2.com The Alzheimer Society of Ontario is launching an ambitious public advocacyácampaign to address these problems and help people with dementia and their families living in both theácommunity and long-term care. It is asking the government to: 1. |
Alzheimer’s panel calls for privacy change – LifeHealthPro
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Alzheimer's panel calls for privacy change
LifeHealthPro The website, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is supposed to try to help HHS meet a statutory obligation to figure out how to cure or prevent Alzheimer's disease and other conditions that cause dementia by 2015. In a … |
Alzheimer’s education event planned for city – Devil’s Lake Daily Journal
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Alzheimer's education event planned for city
Devil’s Lake Daily Journal Workshop information includes: normal age-related changes, symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, how Alzheimer's affects the brain, risk factors, diagnosis, stages of the disease, treatment and hope for the future. Refreshments … |
Alzheimer’s researchers may take age into account – The Star-Ledger
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Alzheimer's researchers may take age into account
The Star-Ledger They examined 723 people, ages 65 to 90, who were categorized as either cognitively normal, with mild cognitive impairment (an intermediate stage between normal, age-related cognitive decline and dementia) or suffering from full-blown Alzheimer's. Ground-breaking global study into Alzheimer's disease to be led by Cardiff … Launch of global Alzheimer's study by Cardiff University Study: Blood test could predict whether a person will develop Alzheimer's Disease |