Archives: May 2014

New Blood Test Can Predict Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms. Do You Want to Know?

General Posted by anthony Date May 30, 2014

A recent study in Nature Magazine announced a blood test that couldåÊpredict Alzheimer’s before its characteristic symptoms emerge. The paper identified levels of 10 fats seen in the blood of people who went on to develop Alzheimer’s 2-3 years later.åÊ The test was accurate about 90% of the time in...

HELP US TO MAKE THE VOICES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA HEARD IN WASHINGTON DC!

General Posted by anthony Date May 28, 2014

CCAL-Advancing Person-Centered Living is working with the University of Buffalo-Institute for Person-Centered Care on a research project funded by the Retirement Research Foundation and approved by the Internal Review Board at the University of Buffalo. This is the second round of a survey which aims to develop agreement on priorities...

Hearing Impairment Associated With Depression in Adults, Especially Women

General Posted by anthony Date May 28, 2014

Hearing Impairment (HI) is associated with depression in adults, especially women and individuals younger than 70 years, according to JAMA authors Chuan-Ming Li, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues. Depression and HI are associated with personal,...

Alzheimer’s Deaths Vastly Under-reported

General Posted by anthony Date May 26, 2014

According to a study in the journal Neurology, there were an estimated 503,400 deaths in Americans aged 75 years and older attributable to Alzheimer’s Disease in 2010 compared with less than 84,000 reported on death certificates for that year. Experts say Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are under-reported on death...

Rare Caregivers Site Addresses the Needs of Family Caregivers of Loved Ones with Rare Diseases

General Posted by anthony Date May 23, 2014

The Caregiver Action Network (CAN) has announced the launch of www.RareCaregivers.org, a comprehensive online guide that addresses the needs of family caregivers of loved ones with rare diseases. ÛÏAs a caregiver of a loved one with a rare disease, you can feel overwhelmed and hardly know where to start.åÊ ThatÛªs...