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Health knowledge made personal
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Warning signs of Alzheimer's (Park Hills Daily Journal)
Sun Nov 08 02:19:35 PST 2009
FARMINGTON — A program at Parkland Health Center will help people know the warning signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Son Allegedly Kills Dad With Alzheimer's (ABC News)
Sun Nov 08 13:34:33 PST 2009
A father's descent into Alzheimer's pressures a caregiver-son.
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America Releases Top Flu Facts for Caregivers of People with Dementia (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Wed Nov 04 23:01:00 PST 2009
With the flu continuing to spread nationwide, imagine adding the virus into the mix when someone is already coping with a chronic illness like Alzheimer's disease. In an effort to help families manage this situation, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) today released tips for caregivers of...
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America to Hold National Commemorative Candle Lighting (PRWeb)
Mon Nov 09 00:17:22 PST 2009
As the incidence of Alzheimer's disease continues to climb, about 200 organizations across the country will light "candles of care" on November 15 or another day during November to remember those who have passed from the brain disorder and others living with it as part of a National Commemorative...
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Seeking an Alzheimer’s Silver Alert System (Queens Courier)
Sun Nov 08 20:39:30 PST 2009
A piece of legislation being sponsored by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer would create a “Silver Alert System” to help locate missing adults afflicted with Alzheimer’s or other forms of impairment.
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Missing Alzheimer's patients need alerts, MPP says (CBC Ottawa)
Fri Nov 06 07:40:59 PST 2009
So many families are dealing with a relative suffering from Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia that a Liberal backbencher wants Ontario to adopt a system of Silver Alerts similar to the Amber Alerts used when children go missing.
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Alzheimer's Association Offers Advice To Stop Patient Wandering (KFOX 14 El Paso)
Thu Nov 05 20:22:00 PST 2009
EL PASO, Texas -- A missing woman with memory loss, who disappeared from her home Wednesday morning, has been found. According to the Alzheimer's Association, 60 percent of people with dementia will wander off at some point.
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What is Alzheimer’s disease and the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s onset (Clarinda Herald-Journal)
Sat Nov 07 07:10:26 PST 2009
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. Scientists have learned a great deal about Alzheimer’s disease in the century since Dr. Alzheimer first drew attention to it. Today we know that Alzheimer’s:
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Top 10 Ways to Prevent or Delay Alzheimer's (PRWeb)
Fri Nov 06 00:18:41 PST 2009
November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and the recently released World Alzheimer Report declares that more than 35 million people worldwide will have dementia by 2010. CRL Senior Living Communities (http://www.crlcares.com/)], an industry innovator with 16 independent living and assisted living,...
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Blood Test Identifies Women At Risk From Alzheimer's (Medical News Today)
Sat Nov 07 04:16:05 PST 2009
Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery this could lead to a new and simple way of determining...
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