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Dramatic decline in dementia seen among older adults in the US
The percent of older US adults with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, declined from 11.6 percent in 2000 to 8.8 percent in 2012, a decrease of nearly a quarter, scientists reported on Monday. Why it matters: It had been thought that the baby boomers’ march toward old age would triple the number of Alzheimer’s patients by 2050. These new numbers not only portend a lesser burden on the health care system (and families) but also suggest that something has changed over the generations — and identifying that change could drive down dementia rates even further.
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Dementia patient: 'Assessors say I'm improving'
Thousands of people living with degenerative conditions such as dementia, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis (MS) are losing part or all of their disability benefits after being reassessed. Wendy Mitchell, who has early onset dementia, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme how her benefits have stopped following a reassessment, despite her belief that her condition has got worse.
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A New Approach to Alzheimer’s: Restore Defective Brain Waves
In a completely new approach, scientists reduced a hallmark of the disease in mice by stimulating their neurons with flickering lights.
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What to Do When Grandma Has Dementia
"Why take on the burden of caregiving? Grandma lived her life already; why give up yours? Why put everything on hold just to take care of her? There were several slices to the pie of why...." By Larry Handy.
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Alzheimer's: Every minute counts.
The PBS documentary film ALZHEIMER'S: EVERY MINUTE COUNTS is an urgent wake-up call about the national public health threat posed by Alzheimer’s disease. Premiering January 25, 2017
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Holidays and Alzheimer's families.
Holidays can be challenging for families living with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Get tips on planning, gifts and managing stress, whether at home or a care facility. Find caregiver help and support, online and from your local chapter.
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Forgetting but not gone: dementia and the arts
A fascinating research project is exploring the extraordinary power of the arts to unlock creativity and communication
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Improving memory with magnets
The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives -- without it we would not be able to understand a sentence, or do simple arithmetic. New research is shedding light on how sound memory works in the brain, and is even demonstrating a means to improve it. One day this stimulation could compensate for the loss of memory caused by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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This human protein may unfurl toxic tangles in Alzheimer’s disease
A human protein -- called CyP40 -- can untangle the neurodegenerative clumps that characterize Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a new study.
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Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? — NOVA | PBS
Join investigators as they untangle the cause of Alzheimer’s and race to develop a cure.
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Targeting Gut Bacteria May Be The Key To Preventing Alzheimer's
Diet could be a powerful mode of prevention.
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Can Alzheimer’s disease steal one’s consciousness? | PLOS Blogs Network
Source: Can Alzheimer’s disease steal one’s consciousness? Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been characterized as a “complete loss of self.” Early on when memory begins to fade, the victim has difficulty recalling names, their grocery list or where they put their keys. As the disease progresses, they have trouble staying focused, planning and performing basic daily activities. From the exterior, dementia appears to ravage one’s intellect and personality; yet as mere observers, it’s impossible to ascertain how consciousness of the self and environment is transformed by dementia.
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Molecular and neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease at #SfN16 | PLOS Neuroscience Community
This year’s Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference was rich with emerging advances in the detection of neuropathological changes that occur during Alzheimer’s disease. The cutting edge of this research was presented at the nanosymposium on Molecular and Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease Saturday afternoon. From genetics to brain structure to molecular markers, this session highlighted the diversity of tools researchers are employing to better understand the neural effects of both normal and pathological aging.
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We May Have New Drugs To Fight Dementia—And They Were Here All Along
In the fight against neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and Alzheimer's, there may be no need to make fancy new drugs. According to experiments in mice, two existing drugs may be able to keep brain cells healthy—even though that was far from their original purpose.
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Why I locked my father away
I thought I could care for my dad after his Alzheimer's diagnosis. Like many caregivers, I was quickly overwhelmed
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Son charts mom's heartbreaking descent into dementia
Molly Daley's battle with Lewy body dementia — the second most common form of the disease in older adults after Alzheimer’s — has been painstakingly chronicled by her son. By Becky Bratu and Mariana Keller.
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Big pharma's Alzheimer's gold rush: 35 new drugs to hit the market in the next few years as the drug cartels cash in on cognitive decline.
Multinational corporations are literally racing against one another to be the first to release these “blockbuster” drugs, which stand to generate billions of dollars in new profits for the legal drug cartels. Alzheimer’s, it turns out, is the next big market for the pharmaceutical kingpins, which up until now have had a difficult time producing drugs that actually work and are safe. There currently 23 drugs in phase II and III trials that aim to target amyloid protein buildup in the brain, which is one believed-to-be cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Another 28 drugs are being rushed through the approval process to treat neurotransmitter activity
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Vietnam vet with dementia reassured 'your duty is done'
A Vietnam veteran with dementia has received a certificate of appreciation and regiment badges and coins to reassure him his fighting days are now over. Eighty-four-year-old Lawrence Silk, who completed three tours of duty during the Vietnam War, now has dementia and insists he needs to return to the country to carry on fighting.
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Holding On to My Pets, as Alzheimer’s Takes My Memories
Amid the many worries that accompany the illness, is a terror over how it will affect my pets and my bond with them.
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Despite Advance Directive, Dementia Patient Denied Last Wish, Says Spouse
Oregon court says Alzheimer’s patient Nora Harris must be spoon-fed. But her husband says she never wanted to live like this.
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