Obama's War on Alzheimer's: Will We Be Able to Treat the Disease by 2025?

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Obama's War on Alzheimer's: Will We Be Able to Treat the Disease by 2025?

A new study suggests potential for electromagnetic treatment against Alzheimer's disease.

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Alzheimer's Mice Respond to Cell Phone Exposure

The Alzheimer's Resource Center is offering volunteer training on Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Community members who want to make a difference in the lives of people living with dementia and other disabilities can volunteer with the Adult Day

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A study has found a lifetime of daily intellectual stimulation could help prevent Alzheimer's disease.

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Active brain may ward off Alzheimer's

A lifetime of daily intellectual stimulation could help prevent the formation of plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study led by UC Berkeley researchers.

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Links emerging between concussions, Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease, the crippling neurological disorder that has taken memory and independence from millions of senior citizens, probably is not on any sports-loving kid's radar.

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Football: Concussions, Alzheimer's link emerging

Links emerging between concussions, Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease, the crippling neurological disorder that has taken memory and independence from millions of senior citizens, probably is not on any sports-loving kid's radar.

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Football: Links emerging between concussions, Alzheimer's

ST. CATHARINES — A team of Pelham firefighters turned up the heat on their fundraising efforts for the Alzheimer Walk for Memories Sunday.[...]

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Alzheimer Walk for Memories meets goal

karena walter QMI Agency ST. CATHARINES — The team of Pelham firefighters turned up the heat on their fundraising efforts for the Alzheimer Walk for Memories Sunday.[...]

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Alzheimer's walk meets its fundraising goal

The Alzheimer's Association is offering a variety of education and support groups in February throughout Monroe County.

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Alzheimer's Association offers education, support groups in February throughout Monroe County

Alzheimer's disease, the crippling neurological disorder that has taken memory and independence from millions of senior citizens, probably is not on any sports-loving kid's radar.

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Link emerging between young football players, Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia afflict many people as they age, and caring for these loved ones can be an exhausting and emotionally draining experience.

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On Books: Stories in ‘Inside Alzheimer’s’ help caregivers connect with loved ones

  Brain cells from Alzheimer's patients have been grown in a highly purified form by San Diego and international scientists, producing models of the increasingly common neurodegenerative disease suitable for testing drugs….

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Alzheimer's Brain Cells Grown in Lab; Could Provide Models of Disease

Brain cells from Alzheimer's patients have been grown in a highly purified form by San Diego and international scientists, producing models of the increasingly common neurodegenerative disease suitable for testing drugs.

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Alzheimer's brain cells grown from patients' skin cells could model disease

Researchers are closer to understanding Alzheimer’s disease using a new stem cell technique. They have successfully replicated Alzheimer’s disease neurons with stem cells for the first time.

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Breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s disease research

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, together with its collaborator on the Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program (AIP), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE - News), and the …

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Alzheimer's Challenge 2012: Seeking New Tools to Help Improve Alzheimer's Care

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) — Subtle problems with memory and thinking skills — known as mild cognitive impairment — often precede Alzheimer's disease, and a new study finds that men are at higher risk for these troubles than women.

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Men at Higher Risk for Mental Decline That Precedes Alzheimer's

Advocates for Alzheimer’s education rally at Utah Capitol By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 25, 2012 05:51PM MDT Alzheimer’s disease and its crushing burdens on caregivers, families, the health care system, businesses, worker productivity and taxpayers’ wallets must be addressed, a crowd of about 200 agreed during a Capitol rally Wednesday. Billed as an advocacy day for …

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Advocates for Alzheimer’s education rally at Utah Capitol

By DR. DAPHNE ROBAKIS With 5.4 million of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, a proven treatment or cure remains elusive. And the methods scientists are using to study the disease have yet to yield much in the way of understanding, much less treatment, of the…

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Stem Cells May Aid Alzheimer's Research

Scientists have successfully replicated purified Alzheimer’s disease neurons with stem cells for the first time in a landmark, multi-year study – an achievement that may lead to critical new understanding of the disease, the scientists said

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