Alzheimer's News

Sleep apnea, the condition that robs sufferers of deep sleep by endlessly and subconsciously waking them up, becomes more common as people age.

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIAA new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing and markers for Alzheimer's disease risk in cerebrospinal fluid and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two.

This year's campaign, which takes place between Sunday, May 19, and Saturday, May 25, is 'Worrying Changes Nothing, Talking Changes Everything'. The society wants people to get talking about dementia - whether online or in their local community.

She expired at the Quezon City General Hospital following a steep drop in blood pressure, but even before her death, the actress battled diabetes and showed signs of memory loss or Alzheimer's disease.

I am representing the NARFE, Nation Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, and have just attended the convention of the New Mexico State Federation of Chapters in Albuquerque.

"All of my life, I've been the curious one. It's a good thing to have," Sharp said recently, adding that he always looked for new or different ways to do something.

When the brain's primary learning center is damaged, new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, a new study has found.

Ryan Kent has joined the Bowles Rice LLP law firm as an associate practicing in the areas of energy, oil, natural gas, real estate, and tax law.

Event: The annual Alzheimer's Association Remembering Our Stars gala was held Saturday, April 13, at the Depot in downtown Minneapolis.

Angie Ahnstedt's "Memories on the Farm" will be auctioned at the Alzheimer's Association Memories in the Making art auction.

The Alzheimer's Association and the Caregiver Resource Center of Sullivan County will present Pain Assessment and Management for Individual's with Dementia, sharing information and problem-solving to assess and manage pain when an individual is coping with dementia.

Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, have found that people who have skin cancer are 80 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who do not have skin cancer.

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Stark County authorities need help finding an 82-year-old Homeworth man with Alzheimer's Disease who has been missing since Wednesday evening.

The McGill Centre for Studies in Aging & the Knowledge Transfer Office of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute present the Molson Lecture Series on Alzheimer's Disease, sponsored by the Molson Knowledge Exchange Fund.

The Spalding County Sheriff's Office and the family of woman first reporting missing last July are asking for the help from the public to locate her.

Agastache 'Licorice Candy' is a special plant, not only because of its beauty. 'Licorice Candy' was raised by Andy and Melissa Van Hevelingen, who are donating proceeds from the plant to the Alzheimer's Association in honor of Melissa's uncle, Orlin Roth, and Andy's mother, Frances Van Hevelingen.

For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells - a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of human cloning.

AUSTRALIAN of the year Ita Buttrose has called on every local government association and community across Australia to make their towns and cities dementia friendly to combat negative attitudes about the condition.

The research, conducted by UCLA's Michael Fanselow and Moriel Zelikowsky in collaboration with Bryce Vissel, a group leader of the neuroscience research program at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, appears this week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.