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 | Updates: OPEN LETTER |
We Can't Afford Alzheimer's Epidemic
I was deeply moved by the HBO documentary series, "The Alzheimer's Project." The series takes an up-close and deeply personal look at what Alzheimer's disease brings to one's doorstep and more importantly what it slowly steals — memory, movement, independence and eventually life…
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Posted by Jane on Monday, May 25 @ 05:00:00 EDT (178 reads)
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| Updates: RECAP OF PROMISING THERAPIES ON THE HORIZON |
New Exams, Treatments For Alzheimer's
Are In The Pipeline
Here are some of the more promising trials for diagnostic testing and therapy...
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Posted by Jane on Tuesday, May 19 @ 05:00:00 EDT (197 reads)
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| Updates: GIVING TWINS A CHANCE |
Test Drug Gives Twins Chance at Life
Several weeks ago, TeamAlzheimers reported on Addi and Cassi Hempel struggling with childhood Alzheimer’s. Read further about an update on the girls…
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Posted by Jane on Thursday, April 23 @ 05:00:00 EDT (175 reads)
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| Updates: MEMORY BUSTERS |
Nine Threats To Your Memory
As early as your twenties, two changes in your body can affect your memory: You begin losing brain cells and you're also producing less chemical fuel to power the brain cells that remain, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. The more you age, the more impact these changes have on your memory.
While short-term (things like the name of a person you just met) and remote memories aren't usually affected by aging, recent memory – what you did last night or what you ate for breakfast this morning – can take a hit…
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Posted by Jane on Monday, March 09 @ 05:00:00 EDT (175 reads)
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| Updates: NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH |
November Is National Alzheimer's
Disease Awareness Month
President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month in 1983…
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Posted by Jane on Saturday, November 01 @ 05:00:00 EDT (198 reads)
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| Updates: HURRICANE PREPARATIONS |
Alzheimer's Association Statement
On Disaster Preparedness
With Gustav and the hurricane season upon us, some people with Alzheimer's may be impacted by evacuations. In some cases, people with Alzheimer's may have been separated from the only caregivers or loved ones who know about their condition…
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Posted by Jane on Friday, September 05 @ 01:00:00 EDT (179 reads)
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| Updates: COMPUTERS TO HELP UNDERSTAND PROTEIN STRUCTURES |
MIT Zeroes in on Alzheimer's Structures
Work could lead to new drugs for the common disease
Elizabeth A. Thomson
MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.
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Posted by Jane on Thursday, September 04 @ 01:00:00 EDT (221 reads)
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| Updates: DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS ARE BEING DEVELOPED |
New Drugs for Alzheimer’s
Work in Novel Ways
A new class of drugs called gamma-secretase modulators work to reduce the buildup of toxic proteins in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, giving doctors hope that these medications may offer effective new treatments for the devastating brain ailment. Results of advanced-stage testing of one of these drugs, called Flurizan, failed to show any benefit, though this unfortunate failure does not signal that other drugs, based on the same principle – called gamma-secretase modulation -- will fail…
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Posted by Jane on Friday, August 29 @ 01:00:00 EDT (197 reads)
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| Updates: ADVOCACY IS IMPORTANT |
Action Alert!
What: Tell Congress to vote on Alzheimer research funding.
When: By August 15, 2008
Congress has proposed the first significant increase in funding for Alzheimer research in five years. The increase would push funding to approximately $662 million and keep pace with medical research inflation.
Unfortunately, Congress may not bring the bill with the proposed increase for Alzheimer research funding to a vote before adjourning for the election in November...
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Posted by Jane on Tuesday, August 12 @ 01:00:00 EDT (209 reads)
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| Updates: HIGH SOY CONSUMPTION MAY NOT BE A GOOD THING |
Avoid Tofu For Better MemoryLoughborough and Oxford scientists, funded by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, worked with Indonesian colleagues to investigate the effects of high soy consumption in 719 elderly Indonesians living in urban and rural regions of Java…
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Posted by Jane on Monday, July 21 @ 01:00:00 EDT (159 reads)
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| Updates: MONITORING SENIORS AT HOME |
Creating Home, High-Tech Home For Frail Seniors
By Jane Adler | Special to the Chicago Tribune
Imagine an 85-year-old widow who lives alone. She can't get around too well, stairs are a problem, and she sometimes forgets to take her medication. She no longer drives, making her increasingly isolated…
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Posted by Jane on Saturday, July 12 @ 01:00:00 EDT (165 reads)
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| Updates: IT CAN SAVE A LIFE |
Alzheimer Assistance Program
Lebanon, New Hampshire Police Department has started an Alzheimer’s Assistance Program. This is an extremely important program that should be developed in every town through the local Police Department.
If you have a loved one who has Dementia, please contact your local Police Department and register your loved one. It could save their life. Please read about this program in Lebanon and how to enroll…
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Posted by Jane on Monday, July 07 @ 01:00:00 EDT (137 reads)
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| Updates: FLURIZAN FAILURE |
Alzheimer’s Drug Flurizan Fails in Late-Stage Testing
Flurizan, an experimental drug that had been undergoing late-stage testing, failed to show benefits for easing the memory loss and thinking problems of Alzheimer’s disease…
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Posted by Jane on Sunday, July 06 @ 01:00:00 EDT (206 reads)
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| Updates: IT'S FUN TO SHARE |
Would You Like To Share Your Story?
If you have a story you would like to share, we would love to hear from you…
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Posted by Jane on Monday, April 14 @ 15:33:44 EDT (238 reads)
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| Updates: THE WARNING SIGNS |
What Is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of mental decline. It damages the brain and causes a steady loss memory, ability to speak, think and carry on daily activities.
Alzheimer’s disease always gets worse over time, but the rate of that happening varies from person to person...
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Posted by Jane on Thursday, February 21 @ 23:00:00 EST (247 reads)
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