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NM medical marijuana board favors Alzheimer’s disease, dementia as qualifying …
The Republic
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The list of qualifying conditions for participating in New Mexico’s medical marijuana program could soon grow. The program’s medical advisory board voted Wednesday to add all types of neurodegenerative dementia, …
New Mexico Advisory Board Recommends Adding Alzheimer’s Disease to …The Daily Chronic

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Dementia: What are the early warning signs and symptoms?
Globalnews.ca
According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, some 747,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias – the number is projected to rise to 1.4 million by 2031. Seventy-four per cent of us know someone with dementia, the organization …

Redditor Helps Find NYC Man’s Missing Mother Suffering From Dementia And …
International Business Times
Redditor Joshgoldberg89 turned to the Reddit community on Tuesday, one day after his 59-year-old mother, May Goldberg, went missing from their apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, suffering from severe dementia and Alzheimer’s. Silver Alert: May …

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New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board …
Drug Policy Alliance (press release) (blog)
SANTA FE—Yesterday, the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously to add neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to the list of medical conditions eligible for the Medical Cannabis …
NM board adds Alzheimer’s as qualifying conditionNews & Observer

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Regular exercise can keep dementia at bay – even if it’s in your genes
Daily Mail
Researcher Dr J. Carson Smith, of the University of Maryland, said: ‘We found that physical activity has the potential to preserve the volume of the hippocampus in those with increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, which means we can possibly delay …
Exercise Could Stem Alzheimer’s OnsetVoice of America
Alzheimer’s Memory Loss Reversed In MiceHuffington Post Canada

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Workshop on recognizing signs of Alzheimer’s, dementia
Newsday
No matter how we laugh them off, those “senior moments,” when we briefly forget someone’s name or can’t find our keys or eyeglasses can trigger a fear of something far more serious. While momentary memory lapses are often a normal part of aging, …
Release of 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease facts and figuresLincoln Journal Star
2014 Alzheimer’s Association Regional Education ConferencePR.com (press release)

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The Alzheimer Society of Ontario Launches the First Ever #SeedsofHope …
PR Web (press release)
If your home has been touched by Alzheimer’s or another dementia or you know someone who has, please request your free Forget Me Not flower seeds and take part in the Alzheimer Society of Ontario first ever #SeedsofHope campaign. The Alzheimer …

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Widow’s heartfelt Alzheimer’s plea
The Dominion Post
He said the DHB also funded dementia support outside of Alzheimer’s Waikato’s scope, including carer support, community day programmes, residential day care within the aged-care facilities and overseeing medication regimes for those living alone with …

Keep Alzheimer’s patients out of Mendota
Madison.com
Jenya Grinblat walks with her 90-year-old father, Arkady, who has Alzheimer’s, back to his room at Fountainhead Homes Raymond House in DeForest. Keeping dementia patients in community settings, rather than mental health facilities, improves lives and …
Dane County dementia program could expand statewideJournal Times
Dementia in prisons a growing health issueNursing Careers Allied Health
Dane County dementia patient transition team seen as modelMilwaukee Journal Sentinel

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