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Samaritan Ready to Test Alzheimer's Drug
(Source: UPI) - Samaritan Pharmaceuticals announced that the company is cleared to begin Phase I testing of its new plaque-clearing Alzheimer's drug, Caprospinol.
Daycare Helps Ease Family's Alzheimer's Burden
(Source: Inside Bay Area) - When her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease several years ago, Elizabeth Gonzalez didn't quite know what to do.
Creating a More Secure Environment
(Source: USA Weekend) - Dr. Tedd Mitchell, medical director of Dallas' Cooper Clinic, suggests six simple steps to creating a more Alzheimer's-safe home:
Maintain Your Support Network
(Source: Mayo Clinic) - Alzheimer's caregiving can be too big a job for one person. Friends and family can help share the burden. Here's how to ask for help.
A New Player in the Field of Alzheimer's
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle) - Genentech, developer of drugs for cancer and immune disorders, branched into treatment of Alzheimer's disease as the result of a new collaboration.
Study to Track Onset of Dementia
(Source: News Limited) - Australian researchers report that a unique study could lead to a better understanding of links between depression and anxiety and the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's.
Clinical Trial for Alzheimer's Drug Expanded
(Source: MSN) - Neuro-Hitech announced that it has expanded enrollment for its Phase II clinical trial on the efficacy of Huperzine A, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to treat people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's, Beauty and Tuesday Afternoons
"My mother-in-law is Lillian Bering. She doesn't know that, though. She doesn't know she lives in Arkansas, nestled in the hills of the Ozarks in the town that spawned WalMart. She doesn't know that her home is a room with a bed, a chair and a dresser. She doesn't know her sons, her daughters, what time it is, what day it is, who is president, that she loved a man named Charles, that she once lived in New Orleans or that she has beautiful thick gray hair."
Occupational Therapy for Dementia Improves Function
(Source: BMJ) - Researchers explain that occupational therapy for elderly patients with dementia improves daily function and reduces the burden on their caregivers.
Tube Feeding Can Be Harmful
(Source: BMJ) - Tube feeding patients with advanced dementia does not prolong life or improve its quality and can actually shorten the life of some patients.
Re: Memory Loss isn't Necessarily Alzheimer's
Letter to the Editor
I am so surprised you would use this article! It upsets me so much to see this type of article given any additional exposure because it is so hard to get the public to go in for early evaluation of MCI or Stage One [Alzheimer's], and this just gives people more security that their mild cognitive impairment is nothing at all to be concerned about. Then they progress to where they need a lot of help and could have slowed the disease down earlier. My mission in life is to spread the importance of early and accurate diagnosis and fighting the very common belief in the public that it is all just a "normal part of aging".
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