BRIARCLIFF MANOR — Atria Senior Living on Pleasantville Road is hosting a speaker and all-day guest Monday who will help families and medical professionals better understand Alzheimer’s disease.

Many with family history of Alzheimer’s get involved in disease research.

Vitamin B12 may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study out Monday.

A grand opening celebration of the Alzheimer’s Association’s office and counseling center in Cherokee will take place 2:30-5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20.

CHICAGO - A SIMPLE blood test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, US researchers said on Monday, a finding that could give more people a chance to be tested.

A simple blood test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said Monday, a finding that could give more people a chance to be tested. Alzheimer’s disease - Blood test - Health - Alzheimer - Conditions and Diseases

A simple blood test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday, a finding that could give more people a chance to be tested.

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.

Researchers claimed to have identified markers for early Alzheimer’s disease in some patients by analyzing results a spinal tap, according to an article published Monday in the Archives of Neurology.

Alzheimer’s disease can be predicted with up to 100 percent accuracy several years before its onset using biomarkers found in spinal fluids, a study published Monday showed.

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The Virginian-Pilot is reporting a 79-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease has been missing from her home since Monday. The woman, Mary Ilene Butts, was last seen at her home on Big Pine Drive early in the morning. Police are asking anyone with information to call (757) 385-5000.

The Alzheimer Society of P.E.I.s general annual meeting was postponed until a later unspecified date Monday after a group of former employees and volunteers attempted to attend to voice concerns over the organizations high turnover rate and other policies.

The Alzheimer Society of P.E.I.s general annual meeting was postponed until a later unspecified date Monday after a group of former employees and volunteers attempted to attend to voice concerns over the organizations high turnover rate and other policies.

Edwin Martinez, who does not have his medication for Alzheimer’s, is driving a 2008 Jeep Cherokee with Florida tag number 423-JHU. A 74-year-old Poinciana man with Alzheimer’s has been missing since Monday night, prompting officials to issue a statewide “silver alert” this morning.

The Alzheimers Association Connecticut chapter will benefit from a fundraiser Monday, June 7, from 4 to 10 p.m. at Burtons Grill in South Windsor. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of its proceeds to the organization for its 2010 Memory Walk.

NEW PORT RICHEY The 87-year-old New Port Richey man who drove away from home Monday returned home early Tuesday, police said.

NEW PORT RICHEY Police were looking for an 87-year-old New Port Richey man last seen asking for directions in Sumter County Monday night after driving from home.

Genetics researchers at UCLA have found that a gene carried by nearly half of all people in the United States with European ancestry may put them at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

CHICAGO - A VARIANT of an obesity gene carried by more than a third of the US population also reduces brain volume, raising carriers’ risk of Alzheimer’s disease, US researchers said on Monday.