Might sound very strange indeed. There seems to be almost no practical connection between marriage and Alzheimer's. However stranger things have happened before and this is no surprise. A group of Swedish...
The Mediterranean diet - rich in fish, olive oil, vegetables and fruits - has been widely hailed for its beneficial properties and ability to protect against diseases like Alzheimer's, heart disease, cancer and...
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New research from the UK suggests that personal disposition may affect your tendencies for dementia. Scientists in the UK talked with 500 elderly people, analyzing their lifestyles, activity levels, and social...
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A global call for action to address the growing public health and social care emergency posed by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias to current and future generations has been launched today (World...
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Charlton Heston died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., after suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for several years. Lydia, his wife of 64 years, was said to have been by his side at the time...
Older Americans play with video games that promise to keep their minds sharp. Some do crossword puzzles, try to master foreign languages or learn to play musical instruments — all in the hope of staving off...
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As a daughter and Primary Care Giver I have been struggling with my mother's dementia since 2000. I thought I was alone...however, in January 2006 I joined the Canadian Alzheimer's Online Forum and soon came to...
created by Jennifer Sierra | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 436 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have announced a new
noninvasive, painless method of diagnosing brain diseases. This is
something I think we will be hearing a lot of in the future, because it
represents new possibilities for less-stressful, pain free diagnosis
for...
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For the last three years I have been working on a series of documentary images ("RETRATOS: Faces of Los Pioneros"). They memorialize the faces and lives of Latino elders in varying stages...
created by Eliud Martinez | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 629 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"AP - A provocative new theory suggests that one root cause of Alzheimer's disease is linked to diabetes a theory about to be tested in thousands of Alzheimer's patients given the diabetes drug Avandia in hopes of slowing brain decay."
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"A Canadian neuroscientist claimed to have developed the world's first simple blood test to detect brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and says it may be available within...
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Being good to your heart and making the right lifestyle choices -- exercising, learning new things, and staying socially connected -- may help keep your brain healthy as you grow older, researchers conclude.
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