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2 hrs ago | Hartford Courant

Farmington: Talk And Exhibition on Realities of Aging & Alzheimers And Realities of Aging,

Talk And Exhibition on Realities of Aging & Alzheimers And Realities of Aging, Submitted by Nancy Helle, Farmington Library & Donald Axleroad, artist, on 2009-11-19.   Three exhibitions are showcasing the work of award-winning artist Donald Axleroad at the Farmington Library through November 27.

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Related Topix: Health, Farmington, CT, Medicine, Dementia

10 hrs ago | Health Scout

Link Between Alzheimer's and Heart Failure

New evidence supports a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the ten leading causes of death in the United States.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

OfficialWire

Alzheimer's Brain Changes Studied

U.S. medical scientists say they've developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle brain structure changes occurring in Alzheimer's patients.

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Related Topix: Health, UC San Diego

Mayo Clinic

Memory screening can be a good thing, but not for everyone

Angela Lunde is a dementia education specialist in the education core of Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Abigail Van Buren Alzheimer's Disease Research Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dementia, Health, Rochester Metro, Rochester, MN

Newswise

Cognitive Dysfunction Reversed in Mouse Model of Down's Syndrome

A study by neuroscientist William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues at Stanford University Medical School has demonstrated a possible new approach to slowing the inevitable progression of cognitive decline found in Down's syndrome.

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Related Topix: UC San Diego, Medicine, Dementia, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Science Daily

Molecular Trigger Helps Prevent Aging and Disease

The study examines how dietary restriction and a high-caloric diet influence biochemical responses.

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Related Topix: Geriatric Medicine, Medicine, Biology, Science

OfficialWire

November Is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month

Alzheimer's is a brain disorder that is often associated with age. It is believed that over a half of a million Americans show symptoms of Alzheimer's and Dementia in their 30s, 40, or 50s.

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Related Topix: Health

ClipSyndicate

Local seniors take advantage of a free memory screening

Alzheimer's disease afflicts 20 thousand Western Massachusetts men and women. A memory screening could reveal tell tale signs.

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Related Topix: Health, Video

Canada.com

Eat well for your heart and reap a brain bonus

Nutritionist Melanie Rozwadowski says the best brain foods are available at the supermarket in their raw, fibre-filled form.

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Related Topix: Circulation, Medicine, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition, North America, Canada, World News,

PhysOrg Weblog

Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease

Serial MRI brain scans, taken six months apart, show progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease, with significant atrophy and ventricle enlargement .

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Related Topix: UC San Diego

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KOLN-TV Lincoln

Going High-Tech to Track Alzheimer's Patients

Keeping track of Alzheimer's patients is going high-tech. The Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk -- and alert them if they go beyond the virtual fences each family can set.

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Related Topix: Health

ClipSyndicate

National memory screening day

It's estimated that 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and that number is increasing at a fast rate with aging baby boomers.

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Related Topix: Health, Video

Wausau Daily Herald

Aspirus holds memory screenings

The Aspirus Memory Clinic will hold free memory screenings on Tuesday for anyone who wants to check the status of their memory.

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Related Topix: Health, Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro

Hampshire Chronicle

Call over care of dementia patients

People with dementia are staying far too long in hospital, which is causing them to deteriorate, according to a report.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Otley Today

Call over care of dementia patients

People with dementia are staying far too long in hospital, which is causing them to deteriorate, according to a report.

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Related Topix: Health

BBC

Dementia patient care criticised

Hospital stays for people with dementia are far longer than for patients being treated for the same injury or illness but without dementia, it is claimed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dementia, Nursing

Illinois Government News Network

State Promotes Awareness About Alzheimer's Disease and Thanks...

State Promotes Awareness About Alzheimer's Disease and Thanks Caregivers and Offers Resources for Support State hosts Nov.

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Related Topix: Health, Illinois

MediLexicon

'Scaffolding' Protein Changes In Heart Strengthen Link Between...

Main Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology A team of U.S., Canadian and Italian scientists led by researchers at Johns Hopkins report evidence from studies in animals and humans supporting a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the United ...

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Cardiology

Sun Nov 15, 2009

NewsNet5.com

Alert Issued For Missing Alzheimer's Patient

A missing adult alert has been issued for a 77-year-old Ashtabula woman. Jeannette A. Haynes was last seen around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at a Walmart in Ashtabula Township, where she hit three vehicles and a pole.

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Related Topix: Health, Ashtabula, OH, GMC Canyon, GMC

KKTV

H1N1 Clinic in Colorado Springs Gives Out All Vaccines

The El Paso County health department says all 1,800 H1N1 vaccination doses at the Colorado Springs clinic are accounted for, as of 10:15 a.m. People started lining up at 6 a.m. at the clinic set up at New Life Church.

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs, CO, Colorado Springs Metro, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, El Paso County, CO, Fountain, CO

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