Alzheimer's Disease

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First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Starting gun sounds in the race for a cure

Being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia is a devastating experience for patients and their families.Yet such diagnoses already have been applied to about 5.4 million Americans, and scientists say that — if no cure is found — the number ... [ Published 8 hours ago by Press-Citizen ]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, United States Department of Health and Human Se..., Genetics, Tsunami

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Missing Carpentersville woman found in Wisconsin

A 78-year-old Carpentersville woman who had been missing since leaving a church service Thursday morning has been reunited with her family after authorities in Wisconsin located her early Saturday morning.Dorothy Carrigan, who was recently diagnosed with ... [ Published May 19 2012 by Chicago Daily Herald ]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Milwaukee, Police

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Mets and Yankees sing in perfect harmony at Alzheimer luncheon

Kay Ardis, Program Director, Alzheimer Community CenterDana Matthews, a volunteer music therapist, and Slider, the St. Lucie Mets' Mascot, lead the baseball sing along. FORT PIERCE — The Mets and Yankees were in perfect harmony at the Fort Pierce Alzheimer ... [ Published May 19 2012 by TCPalm ]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Ardis Co Ltd, Education, Crisis

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Hope for brain-damaged troops, athletes

Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Reuters ]

Entities: Neuron, Axon, Improvised Explosive Device

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Obituary: Battling addiction gave Infinite Leota Brooks a career

After falling to the low point in her life, Infinite Leota Brooks made it her life's work to quietly lift other people up with her.Brooks, a nurse who overcame alcoholism, spent most of the rest of her life counseling people with chemical dependency in ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

Entities: Peter Bell, Nancy Lee, Abbott, Alzheimer's Disease, African-Americans

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 2 Documents

Robert Bazell

Should teen football players be tested for Alzheimer's gene?

writesShould high school kids get a genetic test for the risk for Alzheimer’s disease before they’re allowed to play football? Two prominent scientists who study both Alzheimer’s and the traumatic brain injury suffered by some football players raise that ... [ Published May 16 2012 by MSNBC ]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Robert Bazell, Sam Gandy, University of Virginia School of Medicine