BUCYRUS — Shawn Ridgeway, also known as DJ Breezz, is joining forces with Pepsi for a concert April 3 to benefit research to fight cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer ’s disease is a major public health threat, as the population ages. Therefore, as well as diagnosis and treatment, we need new information on how to prevent Alzheimer’s disease .

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The Planet needs your help. Give to the Fund for Local Reporting! Today more than 5.5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and 10 million caregivers will attend to them during the coming year.

As the leading voluntary health and advocacy organization in Alzheimer care, support and research, the Alzheimer’s Association commends Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Susan Collins (R-ME) for their recognition of the escalating Alzheimer threat.

Study suggests potential new use for immunosuppressive drugRapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer’s disease.Rapamycin rescued learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s, a team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reported Tuesday (Feb. 23).The study, in …

Although treatment of high blood pressure reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, recent evidence suggests that certain medications are more effective than others in preventing this disease.

The Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation announced data demonstrating that a specific meditation performed daily for eight weeks increased brain activity in areas central to memory and actually improved cognition in patients suffering from memory problems.

Complementary approaches to Alzheimer’s research were recognized as four scientists received the prestigious MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease in Washington, D.C.

Medical experts believe that a lot of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, including memory loss, result from damage to synapses that carry vital messages between brain cells.

The Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Memory Walk is not just about doing a good thing for a charity, association officials said.

A new study has revealed that rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may help fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer’s disease.

Washington, Feb 25 : A new study has revealed that rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may help fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Last October I wrote an article on the subject of the early onset of Alzheimer’s. I explained how an estimated 200,000 people in the United States under the age of 65 are afflicted prematurely with the disease.

BURTON, Michigan — Harold Moore, 82, the Alzheimer’s patient that went missing last week, was found Friday evening at a Trenton gas station, according to the Burton police department.

Rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer’s disease.

( University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ) A study conducted by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio offers the first evidence that the drug rapamycin is able to reverse Alzheimer’s disease-like deficits in an animal model.

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have found that elevated cerebrospinal fluid levels of phosphorylated tau231 (P-tau231), a damaged tau protein found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, may be an early diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease in healthy adults.The study published this month online by Neurobiology of Aging shows that high levels of P- tau231 predict future memory …

The 17th annual event, sponsored by Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area, will have a theme of “Diagnosis and Beyond.” WHEN: Wednesday, March 3, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.