Supporters of the annual Iredell County Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk took their “first steps” Wednesday at a kickoff event at the Depot.

Balancing independence while encouraging safe driving for the individual with dementia is an issue many families face and one that will be addressed at an upcoming Wednesday’s Wisdom program hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association.

A woman with Alzheimer’s disease missing for nearly 12 hours was located late Wednesday.

The Alzheimers Association, West Virginia Chapter, presented its annual Rockefeller Awards Wednesday in Charleston.

PHOENIX, May 21 /PRNewswire/ — The Alzheimer’s Association released a report on Wednesday, May 19, predicting that the cost of Alzheimer’s disease over the next 40 years would reach $20 trillion if newer treatments are not on the horizon. “Today, there are no treatments that can prevent, delay, slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease,” noted Harry Johns, President and CEO of the …

The Alzheimer’s Association Mississippi Chapter will present a lunch-and-learn at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hospice Ministries, 450 Towne Center Boulevard in Ridgeland.

(WKTV) - A new report released Wednesday by the Alzheimer’s Association says that the cost of Alzheimer’s disease is growing in more ways than one.

Alzheimer’s disease will rack up more than $20 trillion in treatment costs over the next 40 years in the United States, according to a report on Wednesday that calls on Congress to increase funding for drug research.

Elvin Mosley, an 82-year-old Alzheimer’s victim missing for almost a week, was found dead Wednesday evening in Ellabell.

As people grow older, the memories they carry of the rich lives they have lived become more and more precious as each day goes by. For the nearly five million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease though, those memories are slowly slipping away and it can be a frustrating and confusing time. But through the Alzheimer Association’s Memories in the Making program, many local Alzheimer …

Health Canada and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada are warning against misuse of a drug patch for an Alzheimer’s medication.

Police were looking for a Northwest Side man with Alzheimer’s disease who left his home Wednesday afternoon to go to a bicycle repair shop and has not returned. His wife saw Alex Bogacz, 87, of the 3000 block of North Natchez Avenue, leave the family’s home about 2:30 p.m. with his bike to go to a repair shop near Damen and Milwaukee avenues, according to a missing person report issued Wednesday …

UPDATE: Without providing details, Chicago police said this morning that Alex Bogacz has been located and canceled a missing person alert. Police were looking for a Northwest Side man with Alzheimer’s disease who left his home Wednesday afternoon to go to a bicycle repair shop and has not returned.

Fish oil, exercise and doing puzzles may all be good for the brain but there is no strong evidence that any of these can prevent Alzheimer’s disease, an expert panel concluded on Wednesday.

A new report fro the National Institutes of Health suggests that, currently, there is not enough rigorous scientific evidence to suggest any surefire ways of preventing Alzheimer’s disease.

Many preventive measures for cognitive decline and for preventing Alzheimer’s disease — mental stimulation, exercise, and a variety of dietary supplements — have been studied over the years. However, an independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health determined that the value of these strategies for delaying the onset and/or reducing the severity of decline or disease hasn’t …

There is no good evidence that Alzheimers disease or the other forms of dementia affecting millions of Americans are preventable, a government scientific panel concluded Wednesday.

Fish oil, exercise and doing puzzles may all be good for the brain but there is no strong evidence that any of these can prevent Alzheimer’s disease, an expert panel concluded on Wednesday.

BETHESDA, Md., April 28 (UPI) — U.S. medical investigators said Wednesday there is no firm evidence any preventive measures for cognitive decline or Alzheimer’s disease are effective.

A 76-year-old Holbrook man with Alzheimer ’s disease who wandered away from his home April 1 was found dead…