Scientists identify possible Alzheimer's gene

Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it.

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Bulging belly now could mean dementia later

People with a bulging waistline in mid-life could face a higher risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s in the senior years, a new study shows.

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Study Links Gene to Alzheimer's Risk

A huge international study has identified a gene that apparently can raise the risk of developing the most common form of Alzheimer's disease, a discovery that may help scientists develop new treatments.

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Dolls can create miracles," says architectural gerontologist Mark Warner, founder of Ageless Design and The Alzheimer's Store.

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Ongoing research at an Israeli university may lead to vaccines that can teach our immune systems to better fight Alzheimer's disease. An Israeli researcher who is working on a vaccine for Alzheimer's has discovered that it is possible to test and measure specific immune response …

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Older people can boost their brain activity by performing simple online searches, according to a study that suggests the web could be used in the fight against mental decline.

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Fifty-three million cases of Alzheimers disease world-wide and over five million in the United States. An active and curious mind, a healthy diet and routine exercise could prevent it. There is no known cure for this degenerative disease.

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Music is proving to be great medicine, and it's helping some patients recover memory loss. There's a program that uses iPods loaded with a patient's favorite music, and the results are remarkable.

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A natural chemical found in the spice Tumeric, in combination with natural sunlight, shows promise in slowing and reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, in a study published in July 2009.

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The dementia affecting hundreds of thousands of Britons may be a legacy of the Second World War, a scientist has claimed. Research presented at a conference in York yesterday suggested that traumatic stress can trigger Alzheimer's and other conditions.

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The co-founder of the Talbots women's clothing company has died from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Nancy Talbot , who was 89, opened her first store with her husband in Hingham, Mass., in 1947.

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7 simple Lifestyle Changes that can impact greatly on the quality and length of your life

There are seven simple lifestyle changes that can give you a longer, happier life 1. Have positive thoughts about how long you would like to live and exactly what you will be doing with that extra life.

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A 65-year-old women goes into the hospital for routine hip surgery. Six months later, she develops memory loss and is later diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Just a coincidence? Researchers at the University of South Florida and Vanderbilt University don't think so.

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Furious holidaymakers have been awarded 6,000 GBP compensation after they were booked into an OAP home for Alzheimer's patients instead of a four star hotel.

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On the night of August 1, at a Whitehall, Ohio Walmart, Virginia Dodson could not remember why she was sitting alone in a car. Coming to grips with her enclosed environment, it dawned on her that she did not know how to unbuckle her seat belt either. Panic began to take hold.

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Doing crossword puzzles, reading, and playing cards daily may delay the rapid memory decline that occurs if people develop dementia, according to a U.S. study.

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Kilmeade and two colleagues were discussing a study that, based on research done in Finland and Sweden, showed people who stay married are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer's.

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"Since I was told I had Alzheimer's my mind has been very concentrated on this," [Pratchett] said. "My way to end my life will be to sit on my lawn at my home in Wiltshire with a bottle of brandy and Thomas Tallis playing on my iPod.

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Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital discovered a link between nitrates in processed meat products and deaths from common diseases. As exposure to environmental and dietary nitrates increased, so did the rates of death from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and diabetes mellitus.

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Drinking two strong cups of coffee a day could keep Alzheimer's disease at bay - and may even reverse some of its symptoms, a study suggests. Researchers have uncovered evidence that caffeine not only helps to stave off dementia, but can also treat it.

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Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say. The Florida research, carried out on mice, also suggested caffeine hampered the production of the protein plaques which are the hallmark of the disease.

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The effects of Alzheimer's disease could be reversed by drinking just a few cups of coffee a day, new research suggests.

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Neuroscientist David Holtzman was captivated by Alzheimer's disease as a medical student. Now the 47-year-old associate director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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A scientific breakthrough in the understanding of how Alzheimer's disease may spread across the brain of elderly patients might lead to novel ways of treating senile dementia, scientists have announced.

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A tragic Alzheimer's victim died after spending four days on trains and buses trying to get to a hospital appointment.

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London's advice makes a lot of sense, according to a study out this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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From the seeded article, Ground-breaking Alzheimer's findings reveal new treatment strategy: Scientists have discovered that Alzheimer's disease affects brain cells previously thought to have a purely supportive role, thus revealing new treatment opportunities.

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A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down "wandering" seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.

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