Sunday, Nov. 20, has been designated Alzheimer’s Sunday. On this day, churches will unite to honor those who have the disease and to remember those who have lost their lives to Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia.
Although Alzheimer’s disease was first identified around 100 years ago, it’s only recently that momentum started to build on research into symptoms and causes of the disease. “Alzheimer’s is a disease that has been around 100 years, and yet it’s been a disease that’s been kind of under the cover,” said local Alzheimer’s Association CEO/President David Midland
Alzheimer’s Disease has been described as the long goodbye. Every 69 seconds someone in America develops the disease. And it doesn’t just affect the elderly.
NEWPORT NEWS — A woman with Alzheimer’s who wandered away from her Newport News home early Monday has been found safe. Police, K-9 units and the Sheriff’s Office had been searching for Sandra K
NEWPORT NEWS A 44-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who was missing for much of the morning has been found safe, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
A protein in spinal fluid, which could be used to predict the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, has been identified by US researchers.
Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, he reveals in the new issue of People magazine.
“Rhinestone Cowboy” singer Glen Campbell says he is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and has recorded one last album as a farewell to his fans.
WINNIPEG - An Alzheimer’s patient who has been charged with manslaughter in a death at a Winnipeg personal care home has been granted bail.
Public Citizen has petitioned the FDA to ban high doses of the Alzheimer’s drug Aricept, claiming the risks far exceed the benefits. The drug, made by Pfizer and Elsai, has been approved at doses of 5 to 10 milligrams for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s, and at 10 to 23 milligrams for those with more severe cases.
A new research programme could lead to powerful new Alzheimer’s treatments within 10 years, it has been claimed.
A drug that did $1.2 billion in sales in 2010, has been reanalyzed and determined to be ineffective against Alzheimer’s compared with a dummy pill regiment in patients. The drug, Namenda by Forest Laboratories Inc and Germany’s Merz Pharma, is also sold under the generic name mematine
The North Platte Telegraph It has been called the “Silver Tsunami”: Chronic, age-related health challenges such as Alzheimer’s disease that threaten to cripple efforts to control spending on health care.
WINNIPEG - A 69-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who was jailed last fall for lashing out at his wife has been arrested once again, this time for allegedly assaulting a fellow patient at a care home.
It has been six years since Barry Petersen’s wife, Jan, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s
It has been six years since Barry Petersen’s wife, Jan, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s
Vic Southon has been robbed of his mind little by little over the last five years.
Metformin, a drug used in type 2-diabetes might have the potential to also act against Alzheimer’s disease. This has been shown in a study from scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the University of Dundee and the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics.
The family of a 69-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who has been in jail for more than a month says he belongs in a care home, not behind lock and key.
A 77-year-old man with Alzheimer’s has been missing since Monday from the Far Northwest Side, and police are seeking the public’s help.