MyWeaverville.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Western Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association and the Land-of-Sky Area Agency on Aging are offering a meeting for anyone concerned with memory loss in themselves or a loved one. The meeting will be held at the Weaverville Town Hall on Thursday, November 19, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
http://www.DrDharma.com/Brain Do Alzheimer's chromosomes or the ApoE gene lead to aging memory loss or genetic Alzheimer's disease? Info about familial Alzheimer's... Related posts: Familial Alzheimer Disease Network Enrolling, Making First Move Toward Clinical Trials (Newswise) Scientists Link Vascular Gene to Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimers Disease: - Gene-Based Vaccines May Fight Alzheimer’s...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Cognitive abilities other than memory, including visuospatial skills needed to perceive relationships between objects, may decline years prior to a clinical diagnosis in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."Recent studies have focused on identifying the beginning of the transition from healthy...
WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Filed under: Health I wrote recently about findings that many patients in the early stages of dementia, including those who would progress to Alzheimer's Disease, already showed a diminished capacity to handle finances . Several readers asked for more information about how to recognize those who may be struggling with this problem. The ten warning signs of Alzheimer's Disease, according to the Alzheimer's...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
A new testosterone treatment to restore libido in the aging male population may be coming to a pharmacy near you in the next year or two. Australian company Acrux has announced trial results of its new drug, Axiron , which offers both a great delivery system (you apply it like roll-on deodorant in your armpits) and very promising results. Currently, transdermal testosterone delivery (using a gel)...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Alzheimer is an umbrella disease for dementia. Almost 35.6 people worldwide suffer form this form of dementia. The most prominent marks for Alzheimer is memory loss, confusion, and a vast need for independence. Most believe that Alzheimer is brought on through genes but is not the sole reason for dementia. To relinquish your chance of getting Alzheimer, one should keep the brain “healthy”...
Male Enhancement (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Potentials of testosterone therapy may sound like an ultimate panacea for reducing the effects of aging in men. However, experts’ advice caution to those who feel drawn towards the therapy. Before we understand the possibilities of testosterone therapy, it is important to understand the function of testosterone in our body. Testosterone is a male sex hormone that is produced in the testes of...
A Blog Around The Clock (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:30-8:30 pm with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A Location: The Irregardless Café, 901 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh 833-8898 Memory problems have become increasingly common as our population ages. The fear of developing dementia is one of the greatest fears of most Americans. There can be memory changes as one grows older, but what determines if these...
RSD Reports (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
(RSD) -- A drug now used to treat cancer may also be able to restore memory deficits in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Columbia University Medical Center, which appeared in the September issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: Volume 18:1. The loss of short, day-to-day memories is often the first sign of Alzheimer’s - a...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Areas of brain damage seen on brain scans and originally thought to be related to stroke may help doctors predict a person's risk of memory problems in old age, according to research published in the August 11, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers tested 679 people age 65 and older without dementia for mild cognitive impairment,...
PLoS ONE (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Background Previous research has shown that individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) develop visuospatial difficulties that affect their ability to mentally rotate objects. Surprisingly, the existing literature has generally ignored the impact of this mental rotation deficit on the ability of AD patients to recognize faces from different angles. Instead, the devastating loss of the ability to recognize...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
( University of Texas at San Antonio ) University of Texas at San Antonio neuroscience researcher Brian Derrick has won $917,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health to research the effects of time on the preservation of episodic, or autobiographical, memories by the brain's dentate gyrus.Although memory loss is most commonly associated with aging, it is also symptomatic of more debilitating...
Scientific American (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
P. Murali Doraiswamy is the head of biological psychiatry at Duke University and is a Senior Fellow at Duke’s Center for the Study of Aging. He’s also the co-author of The Alzheimer’s Action Plan, a guide for patients and family members struggling with the disease. Mind Matters editor Jonah Lehrer chats with Doraiswamy about recent advances in Alzheimer’s research and what...
Fight Aging! (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
You might recall a Rejuvenation Research paper from last year that put forward evidence to suggest that some age-related mental deterioration stems from a declining immune system. Aging is often associated with a decline in hippocampus-dependent spatial memory. Here, we show that functional cell-mediated immunity is required for the maintenance of hippocampus-dependent spatial memory. As you probably...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
Medical Care Corporation (MCC), the leading provider of high accuracy memory assessment technology, announced that physicians now have a fast and accurate memory assessment procedure, the MCI Screen, which enables them to accurately separate normal declines due to aging from more serious signs of memory loss associated with an underlying medical condition.
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soulfullvibes | 07/05/2008
Sean Combs aka Diddy became the target of a confused Alzheimer’s Disease sufferer during a recent stay in a Beverly Hills hotel. The unnamed elderly man approached Diddy as if he was an old friend, and then lashed out at the rapper-turned-style guru.
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