Alzheimer's News

The Wrexham Symphony Orchestra have raised A 1,849 for Alzheimer's Society at a concert held at the William Aston Hall last month.

There are different stages of Alzheimer's disease. According to Alzheimer's Association, there are 7 stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Friendship Center Adult Day Services is excited to announce the second workshop in its 2013 Caregivers Educational Series, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Friendship Center in Goleta and facilitated by Patti Teel of Senior Helpers.

Patients with mild traumatic brain injury have white matter abnormalities that are similar to those in early Alzheimer's dementia, with abnormalities correlating with post-concussion symptoms, according to a study published online June 18 in Radiology .

Previous studies have shown that the chemical hormone corticosteroid, which is released into the body's blood as a stress response, is found at levels two to three times higher in Alzheimer's patients than non-Alzheimer's patients.

But for the first time, an Alzheimer's researcher has looked closely at not the two proteins independently, but at the interaction of the two proteins with each other -- in the brain tissue of post-mortem Alzheimer's patients and in mouse brains with Alzheimer's disease.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2013 Update , a follow-up to the initial plan released in May 2012.

A new study shows that memory pathology in older mice with Alzheimer's disease can be reversed with treatment.

The first experimental drug to boost brain synapses lost in Alzheimer's disease has been developed by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute.

A diet high in saturated fat could rob the brain of a key chemical that helps protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.

The purpose of this article is to describe the development and feasibility testing of a Transition Toolkit to support caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease in dealing with transitions.

Portland's Morrison Bridge will be lit up in purple Friday evening as part of a national effort to honor Alzheimer's caregivers.

Kudos to Time magazine for leading the pack of mainstream journalists questioning why politics trumps science in drug policy.

Black and Hispanic children with autism are markedly less likely than children from white families to receive specialty care for complications tied to the disorder, a new study finds.

The distribution of white matter brain abnormalities in some patients after mild traumatic brain injury closely resembles that found in early Alzheimer's dementia, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds.

Meetings begin at 6 p.m. at the following locations: * Monday, John H. Ammon Education Center Auditorium at Christiana Hospital; * Tuesday, Julie H.C. Bailey Training Center at Health and Wellness Center, 100 S. Main St., Suite 211, Smyrna; and * June 26, Brandywine Assisted Living, 21111 Arrington Drive, Selbyville.

The layout of white matter brain abnormalities in people after traumatic brain injuries are similar to those found in early Alzheimer's, according to new research.

A 79-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who was reported missing Monday afternoon was found around 6 p.m. near a home on Palmer Lane.

By studying families that have an inherited and early onset form of Alzheimer's, researchers have found that mistakes within genes are not the only contributing factor to the genetic basis of the disease.