Dementia News

Newswise - Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers.

A preventive treatment for Alzheimer's disease is one of medicine's holy grails.

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT WORKSHOP AT DAYTONA BEACH LIBRARY FEB. 29 Alzheimer's disease is not a normal part of aging.

Since the president's budget will be released in mid-February, people choosing to respond need to do so as soon as possible.

Objective: Since cholinergic deficits are prominent in dementia with Lewy bodies , we investigated the effects of a cholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil, in such patients in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled exploratory phase II trial.

E R N I E H o l d e n became a volunteer for Bolton Dementia Support Group after his wife, Joan, lost her battle with the illness nearly two years ago.

It's essential to their overall wellbeing. The key to success in providing entertainment is to find activities appropriate for the person's stage of the disease.

A friend of mine recently confessed that she had been driving down a familiar road and suddenly didn't know where she was.

Proposed new criteria to diagnose Alzheimer's disease could affect how many people have the condition and their access to services and government benefits.

An electrical brain-stimulation technique used to treat Parkinson's disease and chronic pain appears to enhance human memory as well, according to a tiny but intriguing new study that bolsters hope for one day developing a nondrug treatment for memory problems, including ailments like Alzheimer's disease.

The monthly Dementia Support Group will be held this Wednesday, 8th February at 8.00 p.m. in the Village Practice, Main Street.

Alzheimer's research received a financial shot in the arm from the Obama administration Tuesday with $50 million promised immediately -- the first in several planned funding increases for clinical studies as well as caregiver support.

NY rehab center network Northern Facilities - located online at www.NorthernServicesGroup.com - recently spotlighted the range of services it provides through its Essentia program.

Plastic Surgery: Moraine Valley Community College will host a presentation on "Scars and Plastic Surgery: What is New?" from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the college's Dorothy Menker Theater in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.

The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

"How are you?" the doctor asks a patient with brewing dementia. The patient answers that she is fine.

A PET scan's bright areas reveal the concentration of amyloid beta, a protein that forms a plaque in Alzheimer's patients.

Dear Jenny, I thought for sure my aunt had dementia, seemed like all of the signs were there.

The American Society of Interior Designers has named three recipients of Transform, the organization's second annual Interior Design Research Grant Program that focuses on applied research in interior design and human behavior.

The race to find a complete cure has brought news over the last two years of a new safe and non-invasive claim of a wonder drug created from P7C3 that has been successful in treating rats.