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The iPhone’s Unexpected Contribution to Alzheimer’s

January 6, 2013 No Comments

VIDEO & ARTICLE “I love my iPhone” are words on the lips of many a good person. Find out why their enthusiasm for the new

How Much Will Professional Care Cost in 2013?

January 6, 2013 3 Comments

Take a look at this 2012 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Home Care Costs. It offers a clear

Room for 52 Alzheimer’s Volunteers in Promising EVP-0962 Trial

January 6, 2013 No Comments

In 2012, Envivo’s experimental Alzheimer’s drugs improved cognitive function as the company won a Fierce BioTech Award. Learn about and participate in their newest Phase-2

2012 Drug Trials Edge Towards an Alzheimer’s Cure

December 30, 2012 2 Comments

BioWorld’s top 10 stories for 2012 included the puzzling outcome of some massive Alzheimer’s trials. Find out how we are more-sure-than-ever of what ought to

Merck’s EPOCH Clinical Trial for Alzheimer’s Enrolling 1,700 People

December 23, 2012 No Comments

Merck announced it is enrolling volunteers for the EPOCH clinical trial. Read details on their highly promising MK-8931 treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Find out

Robot with Biological Brain Helps Dementia Researchers

December 23, 2012 No Comments

See a robot with a biological brain made of cultured neurons. Find out why this may hold a key to treating dementia, stroke & brain injury.

Solanezumab, a Top Alzheimer’s Experimental Drug, Launches New Phase 3 Trial

December 16, 2012 1 Comment

VIDEO & ARTICLE Solanezumab slowed Alzheimer’s by 30% in a trial earlier this year. Find out what it’s maker, Ely Lilly, plans for the next step.

1st Implant of “Brain-Pacemaker” for Alzheimer’s

December 9, 2012 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer’s

How Does IVIG Stop Alzheimer’s? Time to Find Out

December 2, 2012 1 Comment

VIDEO & ARTICLE In trials, the most effective Alzheimer’s treatment so far is IVIG. At $50,000 per year, learn how scientists hope to bring down

Medicare Approves Speech, Physical & Occupational Therapies for Dementia

November 18, 2012 No Comments

Learn how Medicare has just added payment for more dementia therapy. Previously, therapy had to improve a condition. Now, maintaining it or even preventing & slowing deterioration are covered.

10 Types of Dementia

March 25, 2024

DEMENTIA is a group of symptoms common to over 50 disorders. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Learn about the 10 most common types of dementia.

Thought of the Week: Kindness Dissolves the Pain

March 25, 2024

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“I Want to Go Home” Dementia Tip

March 20, 2024

TEEPA VIDEO: What do you do when someone with dementia insists on going home, again and again? Watch Teepa Snow do it with style, in yet another great care video.

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Big Cup, Little Man: Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s

SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.

85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?