Submitted photo - Silverado Senior Living residents with Alzheimer’s and other memory-impairing diseases created mini masterpieces at workshops in December at Home Depot. The activity helps in using memory and motor skills.
Faced with a rising toll on families and on taxpayers, Congress is calling for a national effort to confront Alzheimer’s disease.
One researcher thinks that the national research effort to understand Alzheimer’s disease has gone about as far as it can go with its current theories. And that’s not far enough. He thinks plaques and tangles are a symptom, not the cause.
UPDATE: Chicago police report that James Booker has been found and returned home safely. No other information was available
Editor’s note: The Courier-Journal has chronicled the journey of Charles and Jane Music since January 2005, more than two years after Charles’ doctors first found indications of Alzheimer’s on a brain scan and shortly before he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Now, that journey is nearing an end as the diseases take more and more from the man who was once a noted United Methodist minister across …
The aggregated proteins strewn about the brain are the hallmark of one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer’s disease. But while these irregular, gunky proteins, called amyloid-beta, are believed to contribute to the deterioration of memory and cognitive ability in Alzheimer’s patients, no one knows how they lead to these symptoms. New experiments show how amyloid-beta …
The aggregated proteins strewn about a deranged brain are the hallmark of one of the most feared and common neurodegenerative disorders on the planet: Alzheimer’s disease. But while these irregular, gunky proteins, called amyloid-², are believed to contribute to the deterioration of memory and cognitive ability in Alzheimer’s patients, no one knows how they lead to these symptoms
The capacity to remember that a zebra has stripes, or that a giraffe is a four-legged mammal, is known as semantic memory. It allows us to assign meaning to words and to recall general knowledge and concepts that we have learned. The deterioration of these capacities is a defining feature of semantic dementia and can also occur in Alzheimer’s disease…
Marjie Popkin thought she had chemo brain, that fuzzy-headed, forgetful state that she figured was a result of her treatment for ovarian cancer. She was not thinking clearly - having trouble with numbers, forgetting…
Kathryn Romney and her husband, Leonard, love working together, whether they’re in their kitchen making dinner or out in the world helping others.
Lee Sneller and his wife Pat want to help spread the word about Alzheimer’s disease awareness, and what better time than during their few seconds on the national stage?
DUNNVILLE -During January, Alzheimer’s Awareness month, the Alzheimer Society attempts to educate the public on the many issues related to the devastating disease and other dementias that take their toll on many.
The Alzheimer’s Association is offering the following free educational programs: · “How Memory Works and What to Do When it Doesn’t,” 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Carmel Foundation, Diment Hall, Lincoln Avenue, south of Eighth, Carmel
QI have an average of three dreams nightly, some of which are upsetting. This started after my wife passed away.
We need leaders to stand up in the fight against Alzheimer’s
A doctor and social worker will answer your questions live during an online chat on Jan. 3.
COLUMBIA — The Mid-Missouri Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will offer classes on the early warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease starting in January. “Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters” will focus on the difference between age-related memory loss and Alzheimer’s. It will also cover the 10 warning signs of the disease and the causes and risk factors, said Patti Coble …
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The Green Valley Care Center’s Alzheimer Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Dec. 28) in the center’s main dining room, 3118 Green Valley Road in New Albany.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - The Alzheimer’s Association will offer the following programs to the general public in January. Advance registration is required. - Forgetfulness: When Is It a Problem?