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Dementia and Alzheimer’s: The Challenges of a Caregiver
Social Work Helper
It is 5:23 AM in the morning, this is the third time that I’ve been up with my mom who is increasingly deteriorating from vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. “Oh God please God what is happening to me”, my mom says. “Did I do something wrong, am I going …

Higher BDNF May Delay Dementia
MedPage Today
After adjusting for age, sex, and cohort, Seshadri and colleagues calculated that each standard deviation in BDNF was associated with a 23% reduction in risk of all-types dementia and of Alzheimer’s disease (95% CI 0.64-0.93 and 0.63-0.95, respectively).

No positive association found between AMD and Alzheimer’s disease, dementia
Healio
Researchers examined English National Health Service hospital episode statistics from Jan. 1, 1999, to Feb. 28, 2011, which comprised 65,894 patients with AMD and 168,092 patients with dementia; more than 7.7 million people were in a reference cohort.
Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s diseaseAuthint Mail
Untangling Alzheimer’s: Suzuki looks at science through lens of family experienceOttawa Citizen
Alzheimer’s, vascular changes in the neckScience Daily (press release)
Toronto NewsFIX –The Hindu
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G8 dementia summit a unique opportunity for international leaders
Alzheimer’s Society
Ahead of the G8 dementia summit on 11 December, Alzheimer’s Society and other international charities have today (25 November) sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Health. The letter is calling for a collaborative global action plan on dementia …
Taking a stand in the battle against Alzheimer’sChannel 4 News (blog)

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Being Bilingual Prevents Alzheimer’s And Dementia
Neon Tommy
A study published in the Neurology scientific journal recorded 648 people with three different types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s. These participants attended a memory clinic between June 2006 and October 2012. The scientists focused on the …

SENIOR POWER Dementia/Alzheimers, Part 2: ‘I hear tell’
Berkeley Daily Planet
November’s Senior Power columns are about Dementia, Alzheimer’s (a form of dementia), their caregivers, and — this week — the very significant dementia-hearing relationship. “The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex… than those of …

Alzheimer’s Research UK to launch drug discovery institute to tackle dementia …
Cambridge News
The announcement by Alzheimer’s Research UK – the country’s leading dementia research charity based in Great Abington – has been welcomed by dementia research experts from around the world as a first anywhere in Europe. The institute will be …
Living with Alzheimer’sDaily Mining Gazette

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I’m having trouble balancing my checkbook. Is it dementia, Alzheimer’s, or …
Philly.com (blog)
I’m having trouble balancing my checkbook. Is it dementia, Alzheimer’s, or just a “senior moment”? Donna Raziano is chief medical officer of Mercy Home Health and Mercy LIFE, which promotes care in the home and community settings. A: Many people …

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Dementia support group’s mighty effort
Toowoomba Chronicle
AFTER 66 concerts and raising more than $300,000 for the Dementia Support Group Pam Eather has hung up her microphone – but she is not done helping those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s just yet. Mrs Eather’s campaign to raise money and …

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New Alzheimer’s Society project launched to support people with dementia in …
Alzheimer’s Society
Amongst other things the Society offers hope to people that there is life beyond developing dementia. ‘The fact that Alzheimer’s Society has been awarded substantial funding from the Big Lottery is a testament to the confidence stakeholders have in the …
Town invited to help those with dementiaLutterworth Mail

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