Fatal shooting of a man with dementia brings attention to challenges of families coping with the disease.

MONDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) — Searching for a better screen for early Alzheimer’s disease, researchers think they have found a marker of change in the brain that precedes the onset of the disease by five to 10 years.

A unique program using improvisational theater to remind Alzheimer’s patients of the roles they used to play in life. Elaine Quijano reports on how the non-traditional therapy is helping people overcome the everyday challenges of the disease.

Finnish scientists have identified metabolomic signatures for diagnosing patients with Alzheimer’s disease, as well as predicting which sufferers of mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, will go on to develop the disease.

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, and as far as treatment goes, the best doctors can do (for now) is try to slow its progression. Identifying people in the earliest stages of the disease – even before any symptoms appear – would thus be very useful. But how?

Brain scans might help identify those at risk of Alzheimer’s years before the first signs of the disease appear, research has shown.

Researchers say they can see telltale brain shrinkage years before a person develops memory loss or other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

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An estimated 5.4 million Americans have the disease, but only a few hundred thousand are under age 65.

In incredibly good health news for many, a new Alzheimer’s drug may actually stop the disease’s progression. Not only that, but it could also give people a super memory, which could be useful. The

Salk scientists develop new drug that improves memory and prevents brain damage in mice A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer’s disease, based on the findings of a study published Dec. 14 in PLoS ONE. When given to mice with Alzheimer’s, the drug, known as J147, improved memory and prevented brain damage caused by the disease.

As a caregiver for her husband, who’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Fran Kozlovich, 74, learns everything she can about the disease and how to best deal with it.

Quicker detection of the disease would allow earlier treatment and, with the help of new drugs, those who test positive may never fully develop it.

AUSTRALIAN researchers have proved that an Alzheimer’s vaccine could halt the disease – and even see the return of some losses – well after the symptoms first appear.

Costing $172 billion a year for health care and research funding, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects one in three families and has a widespread impact on our economy and aging population. Most notably, this disease plagues women twice as much as men

A community activities program operated by the Alzheimer’s Association is helping to fight the fear of diagnosis by engaging people in the early stages of the disease

By JANE GLENN HAASPeople are afraid of Alzheimer’s Disease and with good reason, says Leeza Gibbons.”The fear - of losing the ability to think - well, it’s more fearful to most people than cancer,” she says. “It’s overwhelming and leaves people hopeless.”…

Seniors living with Alzheimer’s are staying active and giving back to the community, all the while fighting the disease.

Caring for Alzheimer’s patients takes a team — spouses, children and private nurses share in the round-the-clock care the patient needs. Alzheimer’s takes its toll on the patient, as well as the caregivers, as the disease progressively steals the patient’s memories and ability to care for themselves.

Many women suffer memory loss and/or confusion at some point in their lives, but as many as 5 million Americans suffer from a much more serious disease, Alzheimer’s. According to statistics from the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older people. Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disease; it is irreversible and causes a decline in memory and …