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Online Podcast Discusses Natural Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and …
PR Web (press release)
In Erik Reynolds’ recent interview with Bill Lawrence, Founder of HealthTraits, Mr. Lawrence addressed the effects of some metals on the brain and how those metals contribute to the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. Mr. Lawrence stressed the …
PA Department of Aging Offers Seminar on Caring for Individuals with …NorthcentralPa.com

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Israel Prize for researcher who developed drug to slow dementia
Jerusalem Post
Marta Weinstock-Rosin, developer of a drug to slow dementia caused by Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, will receive the Israel Prize for Medicine on Independence Day. Weinstock-Rosin, of the HU School of Pharmacy-Institute for Drug Research in the …

Prana Biotechnology Limited (ADR) (PRAN) news: Bipolar Prana: PBT2 For …
Seeking Alpha
The REACH2HD results were encouraging as the hurdles for PBT2’s use in Huntington’s disease will be much lower, but it is the Alzheimer’s dementia indication where the big money lies. At a market capitalisation approaching $500m, PRAN no longer has …

Major high street businesses to become dementia friendly
Real Business
The Alzheimer’s Society initiative, Dementia Friends, will rollout in shops and banks across the UK and will help staff learn about the illness and the steps they can take to make a difference to the lives of people affected by it. The initiative was …
Dementia revolution: Jeremy Hunt pledges £90m for early diagnosisThe Independent
Jeremy Hunt orders speeding up of diagnosis for dementia in radical shake upDaily Mail
Bid to make Britain the ‘global leader’ in dementia diagnosis and researchcarehome.co.uk News
Sky News –Key 103 Manchester
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Major high street businesses make their staff Dementia Friends
Alzheimer’s Society
A recent study by Alzheimer’s Society found that one in four people with dementia have given up shopping since being diagnosed, even though the majority feel this is the most common activity that enables them to feel part of their community. Dementia …
‘Dementia friends’ in shops part of new care packageBBC News
Major high street businesses to become dementia friendlyReal Business

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Jeremy Hunt orders speeding up of diagnosis for dementia in radical shake up
Daily Mail
In January 2013 the Alzheimer’s Society uncovered a ‘postcode lottery’, with a huge variation in the provision of NHS services. In some trusts, more than two thirds of patients with dementia have not yet been diagnosed. Figures show that one in three …
Bid to make Britain the ‘global leader’ in dementia diagnosis and researchcarehome.co.uk News
Dementia: Shop Staff Will Train To Spot IllnessYahoo News UK
Government unveils new dementia care plansNursing Times
Harrogate Advertiser
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Dementia revolution: Jeremy Hunt pledges £90m for early diagnosis
The Independent
Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, said: “It is unacceptable that some people with dementia have to wait months to get a diagnosis. Today’s announcement is a positive step forward to increasing diagnosis rates and ensuring that …
Jeremy Hunt orders speeding up of diagnosis for dementia in radical shake upDaily Mail
Bid to make Britain the ‘global leader’ in dementia diagnosis and researchcarehome.co.uk News
Dementia: Shop Staff Will Train To Spot IllnessYahoo News UK
Nursing Times –EPR Retail News (press release)
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Conference for caregivers touches on Alzheimer’s, dementia care
Austin American-Statesman
It’s a milestone for which no adult is really ready. Those parents who nurtured you through your early years now need parenting themselves. And while you might have gone to lectures and workshops and picked up books about parenting your baby and …

Senior Consult: Lewy body dementia combines symptoms of Parkinson’s …
Florida Today
There, Dr. Alois Alzheimer found the cellular plaques and tangles that were the cellular hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. His colleague, Dr. Frederick Lewy, found microscopic protein deposits from dying nerve cells in the substantia nigra of Parkinson …

Take a step forward in warding off dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Irish Independent
According to figures from Alzheimer’s Disease International, an estimated 44.4 million people now have dementia worldwide, and that number is expected to reach 75.6 million in 2030. While nobody is claiming that light exercise represents a long-term …

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