Alzheimer's News

The tobacco industry worked for two decades to skew research into smoking and Alzheimer's disease, to promote the wrong belief it could prevent the degenerative condition, a review of research has found.

A new study reveals that adhering to the Mediterranean diet may help seniors avoid strokes, and ultimately dementia.

High blood pressure appears to predict the progression to dementia in older adults with impaired executive functions but not in those with memory dysfunction, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

A medication previously studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease appears well tolerated and may improve thinking, learning and memory skills among individuals with Huntington's disease, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

The University of Rochester Medical Center announced Monday it received a $1.5 million gift for clinical research into Alzheimer's disease and other conditions that cause dementia.

The first time I helped someone to die is an occasion I will never forget. He was a 14-year-old boy who was suffering from leukaemia.

The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

When Tom Gnam was born, the doctors told his parents he would not live past his fifth birthday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the African-American Dementia Outreach Partnership will host a seminar on "Healthy Aging: Mind, Body and Spirit." The seminar begins at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb.

DEMENTIA rates in the South West are some of the highest in England, according to a new report by the Alzheimer's Research Trust.

Volunteers are wanted for a clinical research initiative aimed at tackling the void of dementia studies in Scotland.

More than 200 Alzheimer's advocates will be donning purple T-shirts and arriving at the capitol Monday to thank Gov.

Scientists have created an "anti-Alzheimer's milkshake" that boosts memory, according to the Daily Mail.

LEXINGTON, Ky. A University of Kentucky researcher has helped to develop a quick test that could be used by doctors in the clinic to evaluate the treatment response of patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease.

Question: The person I am caring for with Alzheimer's disease often gets angry, how should I handle this? The most important thing to recognize is that people in general, whether caring for someone with dementia or not, often react to anger in ways that make things worse rather than better.

Terrorism, climate change and flu epidemics are often seen as the foremost threats to our way of life in the twenty-first century.

By Dipankar De Sarkar, London, Feb 5 : The small town of Ballabgarh in Haryana has become the focus of a major international medical probe after figures this week showed more Britons than ever before are afflicted by the debilitating Alzheimer's disease.

Preparations are underway for what organizers hope will be another record-setting Alzheimer Awareness Dinner in Carman.

A program that uses art to engage the minds of Alzheimer's patients begins this month at the Woodson Art Museum.

A HUSBAND whose wife suffers from dementia last night backed calls for increased funding for research into the condition.