Archive for October, 2009
The Quincy Area Branch of the Alzheimer’s Association will host an open house Thursday kicking off a series of events designed to draw interest to National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.
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When Carrie Ponder learned she had Alzheimer’s disease two years ago, she took action.
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A puff a day might keep Alzheimer’s away, according to marijuana research by professor Gary Wenk and associate professor Yannic Marchalant of the Ohio State Department of Psychology.
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The Huntington Halloween Cornhole Tournament for Alzheimer’s was held at the Marshall Hall of Fame Café.
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Alzheimer’s Association Support Group, 28114 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, 2:30-3:30 p.m. the first Friday of every month.
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ONLEY — The Alzheimer’s Association’s Eastern Shore Memory Walk will take place at 10 a.m.
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Orangeburg’s junior dragsters will be racing Saturday to benefit the Alzheimer’s Foundation at the Orangeburg Dragstrip’s last race of the season.
October 30th, 2009 | Posted in AD Causes | No Comments
Alzheimer’s Respite & Resource has a new home and a new name: Memory Matters. The public i
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Imagine standing by helplessly as your memories - the things that make you who you are - slip away. That’s what patients with Alzheimer’s Disease go through. But North Texas patients are getting help fighting the effects of this disease from a new type of food.
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The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office currently is searching for a missing 75-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.Robert DavisRobert Davis left his residence in Goodwell Township on Thursday about 4 p.m., the sheriff’s office said in a news release.According to the original call, Davis…
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The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating a missing 75-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.
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Boca Raton, FL— Consumers who want a status check on their memory can take advantage of free, confidential screenings on November 17 as part of National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) designed to promote proper detection of memory problems and strategies for successful aging.
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Bayer HealthCare on Friday said its compound florebetaben was about as effective as cognitive tests in helping doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.
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The jellyfish prevalent throughout Southwest Florida may soon be put to a great medical use in preventing and treating Alzheimer’s.
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The Alzheimer’s Association has unveiled a new Web-based application that works with various mobile devices to track people suffering from dementia who may wander off at some point during their illness. The association’s
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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A south Fulton County Alzheimer’s patient spent Friday recovering at home after spending the night alone in the woods
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The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk will be held in Hudson County for the first time tomorrow at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.
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ExonHit Therapeutics yesterday presented clinical data on the validation set “Alzheimer patients versus healthy controls” for AclarusDx™ (formerly EHT Dx21), its blood-based diagnostic test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), at the 2nd Conference of Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) in Las Vegas, USA.
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The Alzheimer’s Association has unveiled a Web-based application that allows Alzheimer’s patients to roam within a pre-established area. If they leave that area, a GPS tracking system alerts loved ones or caregivers who can then locate them.
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The Alzheimer’s Association has unveiled a Web-based application that allows Alzheimer’s patients to roam within a pre-established area. If they leave that area, a GPS tracking system alerts loved ones or caregivers who can then locate them.
October 30th, 2009 | Posted in AD Causes | No Comments