Having a mother with Alzheimer’s disease may boost your risk of getting it more than having a father who suffers from the degenerative brain disorder, new research suggests.

Feb. 28, 2011 - One in eight Americans – almost all of them senior citizens - will fall prey to Alzheimer’s disease, current statistics indicate. Because Alzheimer’s is associated with vascular damage in the brain, many of them will succumb through a painful and potentially fatal stroke.

People whose mother’s have Alzheimer’s disease had twice as much gray matter shrinkage in certain brain regions as people whose fathers had Alzheimer’s and people without a family history of the disease, according to a new study.

Besides age, the biggest risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease is having a parent or other first-degree relative with the condition. A new study adds to growing evidence that inheriting it from your mother is much worse than inheriting it from your father.

Results from a new study contribute to growing evidence that if one of your parents has Alzheimer’s disease, the chances of inheriting it from your mother are higher than from your father. The study is published in the March 1, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Mothers may be more likely to pass down Alzheimer’s disease to their children than fathers, a finding that may help identify patients earlier, researchers from the University of Kansas School of Medicine said.

MONDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) — A new study adds more weight to research showing the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is greater if your mother, rather than your father, had the disorder.

( American Friends of Tel Aviv University ) Dr. Dan Frenkel of Tel Aviv University is working on a nasal vaccine that repairs vascular damage in the brain caused by stroke, restoring cognitive impairment and preventing brain tissue damage.

An intrepid Alzheimer’s Society supporter will be celebrating St David’s Day in Swansea on Tuesday, 1 March, as he makes his way along a sponsored 5,000 mile walk around the United Kingdom. He will be attending a reception at The Lodge in Garngoch Hospital at 9.30a.m on Tuesday to celebrate in true Welsh style.

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A new study suggests that Alzheimer’s disease is often misdiagnosed in the elderly, raising concern that the existing diagnostic methods for the disease are inefficient.

As a neurologist, Dr. Daniel Potts had gained vast knowledge about the human brain

The last decade has given birth to amazing progress in understanding Alzheimer’s disease. Until 25-years ago, the disease completely baffled researchers.

The Alzheimer’s Association is looking for volunteers for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s planning committee. The walk is scheduled for Oct. 15 at the Custom House Plaza in Monterey.

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias associated with aging could easily be misdiagnosed, based on new research to be presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in mid-April in Honolulu.

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Making an accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease can prove complicated, and it’s important to catch it early.

Recent studies suggest that an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis is either inaccurate or insufficient more than half the time.

NEW YORK, Feb.

Brain autopsies in Hawaii are revealing that some cases of severe dementia and Alzheimer’s have been misdiagnosed before death. Misdiagnoses increased with older age and also reflected non-specific manifestations of dementia, a very high prevalence of mixed brain lesions, and the ambiguity of most neuroimaging measures. Four hundred twenty six Japanese American men who were residents of Hawaii …