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Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Partners With Extreme Athlete Mike Monroe (Medical,Health News and Articles)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:14:06 GMT

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), a public charity founded by the Estee Lauder family in 2004, is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with extreme athlete, former Marine, and elite personal trainer Mike Monroe. Mike will be raising money for the ADDF [...]

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Alzheimer's patients: Disease shouldn't define us (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:02:00 GMT

After a year of listening to the thoughts of more than 300 people diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Association released "Voices of Alzheimer's Disease" on Tuesday. The report revealed many patients in the early stages of dementia say they are prematurely perceived as debilitated -- even by close friends and relatives.

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But... but... he's a former blahblahblah! (WTF Is It Now??)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:49:00 GMT

Pat Leahy finally comes out and says what everybody has been thinking -- that McInsane has developed Alzheimer's Disease. Somewhat. See also here .

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Special Caring Today Report on Men as Caregivers Has Powerful Story From Actor Hector Elizondo (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:14 GMT

FAIRFIELD, CT -- 08/27/08 -- Actor Hector Elizondo described the period in the late 1960s and early 1970s -- when his father, Martin, cared for his mother, Carmen, through her struggles with Alzheimer's disease -- as "the dark ages." "The..

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Pioneering Neurosciences Institute Sets Date for Dedication of New Facility and First-Ever International Forum on Memory and Memory Disorders (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:15:25 GMT

... mother, will play host to prominent international scientists who are advancing research on Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders. The first-ever International Forum on Memory and Memory Disorders will highlight the work of nine celebrated scientists whose research has led to breakthrough advances for the aging brain, Alzheimer's disease, and patients suffering from memory...

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Rainbows and Artificial Intelligence (Reason Magazine - Hit & Run)

kmw@reason.com (Katherine Mangu-Ward) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:38:00 GMT

reason contributor John Tierney chats with Vernor Vinge , coiner of the term The Singularity , in today's New York Times . They discuss Vinge's most recent book, Rainbows End , in which an old fogey's Alzheimer's is reversed in 2025 and a man from the age of email has to learn to cope with Internet-enabled contact lenses and GPS clothing. Vinge also offers some tips on Tierney's blog for staying...

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Margaret Thatcher (Andrew Allison)

noreply@blogger.com (Andrew Allison) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:28:00 GMT

I am sure I am not the only one not surprised to hear that Margaret Thatcher is suffering from Alzheimer's. I have suspected it for some time now, however I felt it was a private matter for the family and not one to discuss here or anywhere else for that matter. Now that Carol Thatcher has revealed the truth I would like to say some words. As we all know, life can be very cruel at times. We...

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Respect for Elders (Dr. Laura's Blog)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:13 GMT

I was a bit flabbergasted when a recent caller to my radio program described how incredibly resentful she was that her elderly aunt, deep in Alzheimer’s Disease, would repeat and repeat and repeat old history again and again and again. This caller was furious that her aunt wouldn’t recognize her, wouldn’t deal with the here [...]

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VA chief offers family apology for Vet who died after refusing research (One Old Vet)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:56:04 GMT

VA chief offers family apology Vet died after refusing research Audrey Hudson The secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs has apologized to the family of an Army veteran who died last year after being turned away from a Bronx VA hospital after he refused to participate in an Alzheimer’s disease study. Joe Fitzgerald, 74, died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [...]

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Let�s Take a Closer Look at Ginko Biloba (Genealogy@Bellaonline.com)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:46:51 GMT

At Maryland�s School of Pharmacy research is being conducted to either validate or refute the theory that the extract of ginkgo biloba leaves can at best prevent or at least delay the symptoms of Alzheimer�s disease.

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Britain's "Iron Lady" Thatcher has Alzheimer's: daughter (Prophecy Fellowship Forums)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:21:54 GMT

By Kate Kelland 2 hours, 18 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher -- once known as one of the world's most formidable political minds -- has been suffering from dementia for the past seven years, according to her daughter, Carol. Carol Thatcher tells in...

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A Quick and Easy Biomarker for Alzheimer's? (The Tangled Neuron)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:56:04 GMT

Summary: A new method of visually assessing shrinkage of certain areas of the brain using standard MRIs may improve the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's. ICAD was all about biomarkers. Biomarkers are physical or biochemical characteristics that are signs of...

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Polyphenols protect nerves from damage but not in Alzheimer's (Big News Network.com)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:01:10 GMT

Toronto, Aug 25 (IANS) Plant nutrients called polyphenols are known to protect nerves from damage, but to expect a similar effect in case of Alzheimer's would be 'unwise,' warns Indian-Canadian researcher Charles Ramassamy.

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Polyphenols protect nerves from damage but not in Alzheimer’s (Thaindian News)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:42:54 GMT

Toronto, Aug 25 (IANS) Plant nutrients called polyphenols are known to protect nerves from damage, but to expect a similar effect in case of Alzheimer’s would be “unwise,” warns Indian-Canadian researcher Charles Ramassamy. Ramassamy, associate professor at INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, and colleagues in Canada analysed more than 200 lab and animal studies on these nutrients found [...]

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LSUHSC Research Reports New Method To Protect Brain Cells From Diseases Like Alzheimer’s (Medical,Health News and Articles)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:03:28 GMT

... component of marijuana) can help to protect brain cells from neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry , the research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation, specifically the role these relatively recently discovered endogenous cannabinoids can play in the control of COX-2 and other cyclooxygenases....

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Poisoned by the government (Ameriborn)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:44:55 GMT

Exposed!!! U.S. Government approved plot to pump poison into every home in the country They tell us we should drink eight glasses of water each day. Meaning. we should drink eight glasses of toxins that increase our risks of Alzheimer’s, stroke, kidney failure, and even cancer. It’s a long story. But, in short, some big wigs with [...]

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My Name is Lisa - a short film (The Composed Gentleman)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:47:00 GMT

"My Name is Lisa" is a short film about a 13 year old girl dealing with her mother's Alzheimer's Disease. My Name is Lisa is the winner for the Best Short Film of 2007. Watch the film after the jump. It is very moving. It'll touch your heart. Cast: Carlie Nettles as LISA Sally Smythe as MOM Jeff Grimm as PIZZA DELIVERY GUY Facts: Alzheimer's is one of many serious and scary diseases still...

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Brain imaging may allow Alzheimer’s diagnosis (Reuters) (Ph articles)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:26:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An imaging method known as a PET scan may qualify doctors to determine whether a person has "plaques" in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to a Finnish study published on Monday. The brain tissue of people with Alzheimer's disease contains abnormal clumps called amyloid plaques, nevertheless generally doctors cannot subsist sure if...

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New discovery may lead to improved drugs for Alzheimer’’s (Re-issue) (Thaindian News)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:39:17 GMT

Washington, Aug 24 (ANI): Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have identified the structures of a protein key to Alzheimer’’s disease that may lead to development of new drugs. Two kinds of proteins amyloid and tau are key to Alzheimers disease. With the help of new computer-based technique, researchers Collin M. Stultz, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering [...]...

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Stargate Atlantis S05E06 (Edith Abeyta)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:53:00 GMT

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