A USA Today article recently looked at the toll on Alzheimer’s caregivers citing recent reports from the Alzheimer’s Association. Among the highlights: 15 million unpaid caregivers help someone with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in the USA äóî 37% more than last year. an estimated 5.4 million people are...
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Alzheimer’s Often Misdiagnosed
Alzheimer’s disease may not be as prevalent as commonly believed. New research indicates that Alzheimer’s diagnoses often may be wrong. In a research study, only about half of 211 study subjects diagnosed with Alzheimer’s while alive were found during autopsies to have brain conditions commonly association with the disease. While...
Eat Drink and Be Merry – Scientists Said So!
Leave it to German researchers to conduct a study where they found that elderly adults who consume about two alcoholic beverages per day are at a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia than non-drinkers. Researchers said that study subjects were 30% less likely to develop dementia, and...
Alzheimers Onset Less in Bilingual
Bilingual individuals who have been able to speak more than one language for several years are able to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms four or five years longer than those who speak just one language, Canadian researchers have found. Scientists studied 450 Alzheimer’s patients. Half of the participants had...
Alzheimer’s Test Clears Hurdle
From McKnight’s – An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously last week that the FDA should approve a brain scan that can identify the beta amyloid plaques that characterize Alzheimer’s in living persons. The FDA typically follows the advice of the advisory committee. Prior to...
South Korea’s War on Dementia is Something U.S. Should Emulate
The New York Times has reported that South Korea is training thousands of adults and children to become äóìdementia supportersäó as part of the country’s recently launched äóìWar on Dementia.äó These supporters are taught to recognize the symptoms of dementia and techniques for comforting those who are afflicted. Even kids...
Alzheimer’s Association Introduces TrialMatch
Every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s. In 2050, experts project there will be nearly one million new cases annually. The Alzheimer’s Association has developed TrialMatch, a confidential interactive tool that provides comprehensive clinical trial information and an individualized trial-matching service for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias....
Smoking and Alzheimers Linked
Smoking more than doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia.A Kaiser Permanente studyæreported that an analysis of more than 20,000 men and women, studied since 1978, found a 157 percent heightened risk of Alzheimer’sæfor people who smoked two packs or more a day. For vascular dementia, which is the...
New Definition for Alzheimers Suggested
An international group of dementia experts is proposing a change in the definition of Alzheimer’s disease.æ Members of the International Working Group for New Research Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease want to include recently discovered biomarkers in the diagnostic criteria for the disease, Reuters reported. Brain scans and...
New Magazine Helps Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Patients
The Alzheimeräó»s Foundation of America (AFA) is publishing a quarterly magazine for caregivers of people with Alzheimeräó»s disease and related illnesses. In the current issue President Obama is guest columnist with an article, äóìWhat Health Care Reform Means for the Alzheimeräó»s Community.äó You can obtain a free subscriptions to ADvantage...