Elaine Vlieger is making some concessions to Alzheimer’s. She’s cut back on her driving, frozen dinners replace once elaborate cooking, and a son monitors her finances. But the Colorado woman lives alone and isn’t ready to give up her house or her independence. Some 800,000 people with Alzheimer’s, roughly 1 in 7 Americans with the [...]
WASHINGTON – Elaine Vlieger is making some concessions to Alzheimer’s. She’s cut back on her driving, frozen dinners replace once elaborate cooking, and a son monitors her finances. But the Colorado woman lives alone and isn’t ready to give up her house or her independence. Some 800,000 people with Alzheimer’s, roughly 1 in 7 Americans [...]
Released: 5/1/2012 8:00 AM EDTEmbargo expired: 5/2/2012 1:00 PM EDTSource: University of Virginia Newswise — May 2, 2012 — A highly toxic beta-amyloid – a protein that exists in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease victims – has been found to greatly increase the toxicity of other more common and less toxic beta-amyloids, serving as a [...]
Fox News reported today on a study just released about a toxic protein called beta-amyloid that has been directly linked to Alzheimer’s disease as well as other dementia related problems that cause memory fracture and failure. Alex Crees first released this story on FoxNews.com on Thursday of this week. The study done at Columbia University [...]
Released: 4/25/2012 4:00 PM EDTEmbargo expired: 5/2/2012 4:00 PM EDTSource: American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – A new study suggests that eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish, chicken, salad dressing and nuts, may be associated with lower blood levels of a protein related to Alzheimer’s disease and memory [...]
Released: 5/3/2012 12:30 PM EDTSource: University of Michigan Health System Newswise — Current research does not support the use of smell tests for predicting Alzheimer’s dementia, according to a comprehensive review by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars at the University of Michigan and the VA Center for Clinical Management Research. The paper was published [...]
Eating foods such as chicken, fish and nuts may help lower blood levels of a protein strongly associated with Alzheimer’s disease and memory problems, according to new research. In the Columbia University study, people who consumed diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids had significantly lower levels of a protein called beta-amyloid in their blood than [...]
Omega-3-Rich Diet May Protect Aging Brains, Study Suggests By Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD May 2, 2012 — Early research suggests that eating fatty fish, nuts, and other foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. In a newly published study, researchers showed that people [...]
By Lyneka Little Everett/ TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved Bobby Vee in “Swingin’ Along,” 1962. Former teen heartthrob Bobby Vee announced on his website that he was diagnosed more than a year ago with Alzheimer’s Disease. The 69-year-old singer who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s, [...]
Former 1960s teen pop idol Bobby Vee says he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The 69-year-old, born Robert Velline in Fargo, N.D., says on his website that he was diagnosed last year. Vee was catapulted to stardom after the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP “Big Bopper” Richardson in a 1959 plane crash [...]