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With appropriate fanfare, a national Alzheimer's plan was announced last week. Its goal is nothing less than to find prevention and treatment approaches for the devastating illness by 2025. That's a very hopeful timetable and reflects growing ...
May 24, 2012 at 23:57 | Source: US News and World Report
ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) — A well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease triggers a cascade of signaling that ultimately results in leaky blood vessels in the brain, allowing toxic substances to pour into brain tissue in large amounts ...
May 16, 2012 at 21:01 | Source: Science Daily
On Tuesday, the Obama administration released the country’s first National Alzheimer’s Plan. A day later, members of Congress were treated to a concert by Glen Campbell, one of the public faces of the Alzheimer’s epidemic. The 75-year-old ...
May 20, 2012 at 06:01 | Source: The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com (blog)
The Alzheimer’s Association will host an educational program called “Living with Alzheimer’s for Late Stage Caregivers” from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, 28 S. Linn St. This educational program ...
May 20, 2012 at 08:24 | Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen
CHICAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's Genentech unit has won the right to try its experimental Alzheimer's drug crenezumab on people with no signs of dementia - the first such trial to gauge whether early intervention can help prevent ...
May 16, 2012 at 17:26 | Source: Huffington Post
Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help to locate a missing elderly man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Clarence "Herb" Lynch, 87, of Sun City, was last seen about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday near 103rd Avenue and ...
May 23, 2012 at 01:47 | Source: AZCentral.com
A massive $100 million study is underway to test Crenezumab, an injection which just might change the way we approach the brain disease The U.S. government wants to have a cure for Alzheimer's ready to go by 2025, and is prepared to spend big money to get ...
May 16, 2012 at 20:32 | Source: YAHOO!
The Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter received $80,000 from three sources: The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation; Bettina Chandler, widow of Otis Chandler, the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times; and The Vons ...
May 25, 2012 at 17:08 | Source: Santa Barbara Independent
The Alzheimer's Society in the UK has announced actress Carey Mulligan as its newest ambassador. Carey attended a special event in north London being held to mark the beginning of the charity’s Dementia Awareness Week (20 – 26 May).
May 23, 2012 at 13:50 | Source: Look To The Stars
For the 15 million in this country who are caring for a loved one with dementia*, this is what life is like -- according to the Alzheimer's Association 2012 Report: The journey is not just intense, it is also long and stretches an average of four to eight ...
May 23, 2012 at 21:28 | Source: Huffington Post