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4 hrs ago | Newswise

UCLA Brain-Imaging Technique Predicts Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time

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

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Related Topix: Health, Alzheimer's

8 hrs ago | Scientific American

Brain Changes Decades Before Dementia Sets In

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Alzheimer's, Genetics

10 hrs ago | County of Volusia

Alzheimer's Association to present workshop at Daytona Beach Regional Library Feb. 29

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

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine

Sun Feb 12, 2012

DNJ.com

LETTER: Alzheimer's spread can't be ignored; get involved

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

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine, Tennessee

Sat Feb 11, 2012

CiteULike

Donepezil for dementia with Lewy bodies: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

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.

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Related Topix: Aricept, Donepezil (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health

This Is Lancashire

Dementia group provides relief from 24-hour care

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Huffington Post

Marie Marley: Creative Entertainment for People With Early- and Mid-Stage Alzheimer's

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.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine, Games, Board Game

Madison Park Times

Aging with Care | Declining mental acuity: Is this normal?

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

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Medicine, Health

KAUZ

How could the new Alzheimer's criteria affect my care and access to services?

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

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Wall Street Journal

Memory Gets Jolt in Brain Research

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.

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Related Topix: Chronic Pain, Medicine, Parkinson's Disease, Health, Alzheimer's

The Sligo Champion

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Berkshire Eagle

$50M more going to Alzheimer's research

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.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Pittsfield, MA

Tue Feb 07, 2012

PR-inside.com

Essentia Dementia Treatment for Seniors Now Available at Short Term...

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Rockland County, NY, Nursing

The Southtown Star

Health Briefs for Feb. 8

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.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine, Park Forest, IL, Chicago, IL, Oak Lawn, IL

Mon Feb 06, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money

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.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Medicine, US Politics, US News, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama

CBS News

Doctors push for early detection of dementia

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Geriatric Medicine, Alzheimer's

Scientific American

Cracks in the Plaques: Mysteries of Alzheimer's Slowly Yielding to New Research

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

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Health

Sat Feb 04, 2012

Star News

Symptoms aren't always what they seem

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Contract

ASID Names Recipients In Interior Design Research Grant Program

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.

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Related Topix: Interior Design, Arts, Drexel University, Medicine, Health, Philadelphia, PA

Examiner.com

New Alzheimers' Dementia drug for possible cure may trump invasive options

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Aricept, Donepezil (generic), Medication

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