Alzheimer's Disease:
Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms, Articles on Alzheimers Disease and Treatment, Alzheimer's care and information.
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Jun 10th, 2009
Yesterday the British Medical Journal published research on a new Alzheimer’s test called TYM. The test can be self administered. The new Alzheimer's disease test is designed to evaluate cognitive ability.
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May 25th, 2009
A discovery offers new hope for the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
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May 16th, 2009
A new tool can help predict whether people age 65 and older have a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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May 16th, 2009
A large study of 37,000 people shows that the common heart rhythm problem atrial fibrillation increases risk of dementia from Alzheimer’s disease.
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May 11th, 2009
With lost jobs and foreclosed homes, families caring for those in the moderate to advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease at home are hitting the breaking point. Families caring for those with Alzheimer's disease simply run out of money. When the money dries up, then the burden is passed onto the state and federal governments for aid.
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May 7th, 2009
Alzheimer’s disease patients who develop delirium, a sudden state of severe confusion and disorientation, are significantly more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline than Alzheimer’s patients who didn’t experience delirium.
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May 5th, 2009
Even very early in Alzheimer's disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information.
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Apr 24th, 2009
Sometimes less is more: Lower doses of an Alzheimer’s drug delivered via skin patches improve cognition with fewer serious side effects than higher doses, researchers have found in an updated review.
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Apr 23rd, 2009
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen do not prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but they may instead delay its onset.
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Apr 17th, 2009
Atypical antipsychotic medications are associated with weight gain and other metabolic changes among patients with Alzheimer's disease.
