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NEWS ABOUT: Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease stories: 94 news summaries

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 Music Prompts 
 Memory in 
 Alzheimer's 
 Patients 

iPod therapy stimulates cognitive functions lost to disease

Nov 17, 09 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Therapists and doctors who treat Alzheimer's are now using music not only to soothe and entertain their patients but to restore some cognitive function. For decades it's been recognized that Alzheimer's patients can still remember and sing songs long after they've stopped recognizing names and faces. Now it's thought that... More »

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memory • dementia • iPod • brain • cognitive decline • caregivers • Alzheimer's Disease • musical therapy

OBITUARY

Husband of Retired Justice O'Connor Dies

John O'Connor, 79, suffered Alzheimer's complications

Nov 11, 09 9:26 PM CST
(AP) - John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died today at age 79 due to complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade and when she announced her... More »

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obituary • Sandra Day O'Connor • US Supreme Court • Alzheimer's Disease • Supreme Court justice • John O'Connor

Web Surfing
Can Help Slow Dementia

Brain scans show Google is more stimulating than books

Oct 19, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time to teach Grandma to Google. Surfing the Internet can slow or even reverse the mental decay that leads to dementia, according to a new study. UCLA researchers scanned the brains of 24 men and women aged 55 to 78 and discovered that surfing the web was more... More »

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Google • Internet • dementia • search • Alzheimer's Disease

Global Rates of Alzheimer's Disease Soar

Aging populations drive increase; developing world will be hit hard

Sep 21, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising life expectancy in the developing world will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people stricken by Alzheimer’s disease, HealthDay News reports. The number of dementia cases worldwide will reach 35.6 million in 2010, a 10% increase over the total in 2005. That number is... More »

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Middle East • dementia • globalization • public health • aging • medical research • North Africa • developing countries • developing world • Alzheimer's Disease

Infections Quicken Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Patients

Ailments boost inflammatory protein which may speed decline

Sep 8, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Urinary tract, chest, and other infections may double the speed of memory loss among Alzheimer’s sufferers, researchers in Britain find. About half of subjects in a six-month study got infections outside the brain that prompted increased levels of an inflammatory protein; those who suffered such events, called SIEs, showed... More »

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cognitive decline • infection • protein • memory loss • Britain • health research • urinary tract infection • Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Breakthrough Could Avert 20% of Cases

Aspirin, ibuprofen may avert dementia if scientists are right

Sep 6, 09 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - British and French researchers say they have discovered three genes that may cause 20% of Alzheimer's cases, the Times of London reports. In the largest genetic probe of Alzheimer's so far, British experts discovered two dementia-causing genes; French scientists found a third in a separate study. The genes may account... More »

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(Newser) - If you have trouble remembering who Britney Spears is, there’s some good news and bad news. Good news: You have managed to forget Britney Spears. Bad news: You might be at risk for Alzheimer’s, according to a new study. A team of scientists recently found that people with... More »

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Britney Spears • memory • study • celebrity • fMRI • brain scans • Alzheimer's Disease

(Newser) - Moments of forgetfulness attributed to Alzheimer’s disease could in fact be caused by a loss of vision, the Boston Globe reports, and new research asserts that cranking up contrast—by using colored dinner plates, for instance—could help. “Let’s say you put keys down on the... More »

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elderly • dementia • vision impairment • scientific research • medical study • Alzheimer's Disease • Boston University

High Cholesterol in 40s Tied to Dementia Later

Lowering it won't necessarily help, studies suggest

Aug 10, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - High cholesterol in middle age may increase a person’s future risk of Alzheimer’s disease, NPR reports. “Our study shows that even moderately high cholesterol levels in your 40s puts people at greater risk for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in later life,” says one researcher, who... More »

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elderly • dementia • public health • cholesterol • aging • brain • medical research • health research • vascular dementia • Alzheimer's Disease • women's issues

(Newser) - An immune-system booster already used in the treatment of other diseases could prove to be a powerful weapon in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found. Analyzing the records of patients who received intravenous immunoglobulin—IVIg—they discovered that recipients were 42% less likely to develop Alzheimer's, HealthDay reports. More »

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dementia • neurology • clinical trials • immunotherapy • immunoglobulin • Alzheimer's Disease

(Newser) - A newly unveiled gene linked to Alzheimer's disease could help determine when symptoms of the brain disorder will arise, the News & Observer reports. A team of Duke University scientists announced their finding today at a Vienna conference. “As soon as people start forgetting things, they want to... More »

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Duke University • genetic research • Alzheimer's Disease • symptoms

(Newser) - Fox and Friends anchor Brian Kilmeade yesterday lamented the ethnic mixing that has diluted "pure" Americans, Gawker points out. He made his comments as he criticized a study concluding that married people stave off dementia better than singles. Kilmeade insisted the results were skewed because the Scandinavian study used... More »

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dementia • Fox • Finland • Alzheimer's Disease • Brian Kilmeade • Scandanavia • ethnicity

Caffeine May Reverse
Effects of Alzheimer's

Stimulant alleviates cognitive decline in lab mice

Jul 6, 09 2:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Caffeine may reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study indicates. University of Florida researchers investigated the effects of a high caffeine diet on mice genetically engineered to suffer from high levels of beta-amyloid—a protein associated with human Alzheimer's—that causes cognitive decline in old age. The... More »

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mice • caffeine • treatment • cognitive decline • memory loss • Alzheimer's Society • Alzheimer's Disease • women's issues

 Ex–Beatles Manager 
 Klein Dead At 77 

Abrasive manager feuded with both Paul McCarney and Mick Jagger

Jul 4, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Allen Klein, the bare-knuckle Beatles manager whom many blame for splitting up the group, died today after battling Alzheimer’s disease, Reuters reports. The former New Jersey accountant, who also managed the Rolling Stones, became a legend in his own right, known for his gangster-like business style in a career... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • Rolling Stones • Beatles • Mick Jagger • Alzheimer's Disease • manager

(Newser) - Brooke Astor spent her final years in a haze as her faculties deserted her, her butler testified yesterday at the fraud trial of Astor’s son Anthony Marshall. As early as 1997, Astor’s memory started to fail her, leaving her unable to recall her servants’ names or even what... More »

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fraud • dementia • Brooke Astor • Anthony Marshall • elder abuse • butler • Alzheimer's Disease • Chris Ely

'Rogue' Protein Spread Key to Alzheimer's 

Discovery casts light on tangles found in brains of disease sufferers

Jun 8, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A protein linked to Alzheimer’s can run amok in the brain, affecting healthy tissue, scientists have found. All nerve cells contain the tau protein, but a “rogue form” can lead to protein clumps in cells, called neurofibrillary tangles, that are believed to play a major role in Alzheimer’... More »

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medical breakthrough • brain • protein • neurology • Alzheimer's Disease • spread • tau protein

 GPS Shoes 
 to Track 
 Alzheimer's 
 Patients 

Shoe-maker and tech firm team up

Jun 7, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two companies are developing GPS-trackable footwear to essentially LoJack Alzheimer's patients, AFP reports. The shoes will spot their location within 30 feet "anywhere on the planet," said a consultant. Sixty percent of Alzheimer's sufferers wander off at least once during the disease, he said, but most retain enough... More »

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dementia • GPS • tracking chip • Alzheimer's Disease

 Wife to Remain 
 in Charge of 
 Falk: Judge 

But ailing 'Columbo' assured visits from adopted daughter

Jun 2, 09 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Falk's wife will remain in charge of the former actor's care and affairs, but must allow bimonthly visits with his adopted daughter under a new conservatorship established by a Los Angeles court. The former Columbo star, 81, suffers from severe dementia and no longer remembers his trademark detective role.... More »

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dementia • actor • conservatorship • TV series • Alzheimer's Disease • detective • Peter Falk • Columbo • Shera Danese Falk

Test for Early Alzheimer's in Development

Diagnosis could allow for treatment to slow disease's progression

May 27, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(AP) - A research institute devoted to Alzheimer's and related diseases has teamed up with a major maker of diagnostic tests to speed development of what could be the first test to detect Alzheimer's in its early stages. If all goes well, the first commercial version of the test could be available... More »

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medicine • medical research • treatment • neuroscience • Alzheimer's Disease • diagnostic test • Daniel Alkon • Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute





 Bridge May Help 
 Super-Seniors 
 Trump Dementia 

Nursing home study suggests that social engagement maintains memory

May 22, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exclusive club of senior citizens—people who have passed 90 without suffering from dementia—is helping researchers delve into the secrets of aging and the keys to staving off mental decline. "The most successful agers on earth," who represent just one-half of 1% of the population, are... More »

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dementia • bridge • old age • eldercare • retirement communities • Alzheimer's Disease

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