California Central Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will present three workshops for people wanting to know more about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia

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World Alzheimer’s Day Sept. 21

Alzheimer’s Research is on now more than ever as a hunt for a new type of drug to fight Alzheimer’s disease following an important discovery about how the condition takes hold. Scientists believe they can target a specific part of this process and halt the disease. Alzheimer’s is a very common disease, but is also on the increase as better healthcare allows people to live longer according to the …

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Alzheimer’s Research Intensified as Researchers Look to Cure Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia

The vaunted protection that intellectually active adults get from Alzheimer’s disease has a dark downside, a study released Wednesday has found. Once dementia symptoms become evident and Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed in such patients, their mental decline can come with frightening speed.

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For the intellectually active, Alzheimer’s diagnosis begins a steep slide

An Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk, hosted by the Colorado chapter, will be Sept. 18 at Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley. The walk will start at 8 a.m.

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It could be an Alzheimer’s breakthrough. St. Louis researchers have found evidence that anti-depressant drugs, like Prozac, may slow-down, even prevent the disease. There’s just been a big boost to keep the research going.

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Possible Alzheimer’s Breakthrough at Washington University

In Alzheimer’s disease, the problem is beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a fatal problem: they need to enter the brain and remove the plaques without attacking healthy brain cells. New research, however, suggests that treatments modeled on the blockbuster cancer drug …

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Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer’s plaques

GALESBURG — In Home Care and Dementia will be the topic of Third Thursdays, a monthly lecture series hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association – Central Illinois Chapter. The program will take place Thursday, Sept. 16 from 4 – 5 p.m. at the Knox County Health Department, 1361 W. Freemont, Galesburg.

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Alzheimer’s Association to host program on in-home care

Reading, playing checkers and other brain exercises didn’t help, and may have boosted, levels of mental decline in people who had already been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a study found.

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Alzheimer’s Onset Can’t Be Slowed by Chess, Brain Exercises, Study Finds

Stimulation delays cognitive decline, but disease advances quickly once it starts

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Alzheimer’s trade-off for mentally active seniors

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Researchers at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research laboratory today published “Gamma-secretase Activating Protein is a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease” in Nature online. Drs. Gen He (lead author) and Paul Greengard have discovered a protein that stimulates the production of beta-amyloid, and therefore represents a major new …

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Fisher Scientists Discover Protein that Fuels Alzheimer’s Disease, Promising New Treatments Expected

CARDIFF, CA–(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - NI Research has released the September issue of NeuroInvestment, which features a comprehensive review of Alzheimer’s therapeutics, and a critical assessment of the pharma industry’s premature rush to closure: “It remains hard to give up the illusion that we know how Alzheimer’s works. The relationship between amyloid and Alzheimer’s, which has spurred the …

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90 per cent of people do not think people with dementia in Northern Ireland are getting enough help and support, new research by Alzheimer’s Society found. The survey, carried out to coincide with the end of the consultation for Northern Ireland’s first dementia strategy, also found that only 13 per cent of people with dementia and their carers said they always receive high quality care …

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Alzheimer’s Society Survey Shows Vital Need For Well-Thought Through Northern Ireland Dementia Strategy

A Memory Walk, which is a national event to raise awareness and money about Alzheimer’s disease, will be held in LaGrange’s town square on Sept. 11.

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Fundraiser to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association set for Sept. 11

Heritage Estates will host its 12th annual Alzheimer’s Association Dinner and Auction today. The event will be held in the Saddle Gap Room at Heritage Estates, beginning at 6 p.m. A light dinner will be provided with the auction immediately following.

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TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020?,” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way in Tinton Falls. read more

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Alzheimer’s is topic of science lecture Oct. 7

Ask most people to name their biggest fear about growing old, and chances are they won’t say gray hair and wrinkles, but the devastating loss of their mental capacity. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for up to 80 percent of all dementias, striking as many as 5 million Americans.

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Preventing Alzheimer’s disease

Finding ways to make visits with a person in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease meaningful can be challenging.

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Aging Gracefully: Alzheimer’s patients may lose memory, not feeling

You can learn the basics about Alzheimer’s disease from Community Services Liaison Kyla Brock of the Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Indiana Chapter at 2 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Seymour Library. Registration for the free program is preferred by…

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Alzheimer’s topic of free program

Caregivers can improve their communication skills when interacting with a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease at “Reconnect: Interacting with Dementia,” a program to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at Lewistown Park District, Higgins Field, 903 N. Broadway, Lewistown.

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Alzheimer’s Association program set on improving communication skills

Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk Provides Fun and Inspiring Way for Dixon Area Residents to Raise Critically Needed Funds for Alzheimer’s Care, Support and Research.

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Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk