A major new study by an international team of scientists anchored at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has revealed that brain networks break down similarly in both rare, inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease, and in much more common uninherited versions of the disorder. In both…
Almost two-thirds of more than five million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are women, and American women are twice as likely to die of Alzheimer’s disease as they are from breast cancer. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, someone in America develops Alzheimer’s every 67 seconds, and in…
A new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that some constituent or agent in the blood of young mice when infused to the bloodsteams of old mice has the ability to restore deteriorating mental capabilities. The scientists suggest that if the same phenomenon…
Independent research by the Home Instead Senior Care network of seniors, adult children, senior care and legal professionals provides new insights into the dynamics of the conversations that do and do not take place between Baby Boomers and their aging parents. A new survey finds approximately 80 million Americans…
A new free access paper published online before print in the journal JAMA Neurology, entitled, “Effects of the Absence of Apolipoprotein E on Lipoproteins, Neurocognitive Function, and Retinal Function” (JAMA Neurol. Published online August 11, 2014. DOI: 10.1001/.jamaneurol.2014.2011) documents a 40-year-old African American man referred…
Increasing incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of senile dementia as the population demographic ages has raised general anxiety levels. It’s not entirely paranoia. Risk of developing Alzheimer’s doubles every five years after age 65. Toronto, Canada-based Cogniciti, Inc. cites a recent Brain Health Study (about which more…
Assertions of a potential link between Lyme disease and Alzheimer’s deaths have been shown baseless by new research at the University of Toronto Mississauga A U of T Mississauga release notes that while researching his book “The Alzheimer’s Epidemic—Searching for Causes and a Cure” (Emeritus Books),…
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