There’s a retired firefighter, a women who grew up on a farm, and someone with a doctorate in law. There’s a fan of television game and crime shows and a self-described life of the party.

If every human lived to be 126 years old, they would all develop Alzheimer’s disease at some point.

If every human lived to be 126 years old, they would all develop Alzheimer’s disease at some point. So says Dr. Mike Harrington of Huntington Medical Research Institutes in Pasadena

Alzheimer’s disease is claiming more and more Utahns every year, leaving families all but destitute in its wake, losing most of what used to be all too familiar.

Alzheimer’s prevention is of paramount importance, especially since baby boomers started to turn 65 earlier this year. A number of epidemiological studies have found that higher consumption of Docosaehexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fat found in fatty fish such as … Read More

Alzheimer’s disease patients have more in common with cognitively normal elders than previously thought.

Researchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta — the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients — also had changes in brain structure similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients. Results of the study may someday lead to identification of candidates for …

March 30, 2011 - Senior citizens with normal mental abilities, but with brain deposits of amyloid beta – the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients, also had changes in brain structure similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients.

One minute, Sam Cohen, 80, points to photos of his kids and talks about how his son wanted to become an actor.

Topics to be covered include: Purpose, Caregiver’ Perspective from the HBO Series “the Alzheimer’s Project”, the Group Dynamics, Common Issues, Training Vignettes and Facilitators Manual.

Although no treatments are available yet to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s, if more funding is poured into research the future will be brighter, say experts ahead of a charity walk.

New research is being carried out at Keele university to examine links between aluminium and Alzheimer’s disease. A study by scientists at Keele that was published in 2006 showed that aluminium could be removed from the body of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease by asking them to drink a silicon-rich mineral water.

Let research outpace Alzheimer’s

Charges against a Manitoba senior suffering from Alzheimer’s disease may change following the death of a care home resident he’s accused of assaulting.

Washington, Mar 29 (ANI): Researchers have found that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be detectable approximately 20 years prior to the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced today that it has awarded a grant of $249,810 to Yuma Therapeutics Corporation (Yuma) to develop small molecules to treat Alzheimer’s disease

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A new drug is in the making that could improve the quality of life for people with dementia.

A LEADING dementia body has said that all over-75s should be screened for signs of dementia to ensure that they get the right treatment, care and support.

( The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine ) Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be detectable approximately 20 years prior to the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. This new finding could lead …