121. Alzheimer's Disease This site provides information about the Alzheimer s disease, assessment tools,research centers, and Alzheimer s caregiving workshops. http://www.geriatric-resources.com/html/alzheimer_s_disease.html

FACTS ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Alzheimer's disease (pronounced Altz-hi-merz) is a progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain and results in impaired memory, thinking and behavior. It is the most common form of dementia that affects over 4 million Americans. More than 100,000 die of Alzheimer's Disease annually, which makes it the fourth leading cause of death in adults, after heart disease, cancer and stroke. The disease, first described by Alois Alzheimer in 1907, knows no social or economic boundaries and affects men and women almost equally. Most victims are over 65; however, Alzheimer's Disease can strike in the 40s and 50s. Most Alzheimer's Disease victims are cared for at home, although many persons in nursing homes have dementia. Alzheimer's Disease is devastating for both victims and their families and has been called "the disease of the century." The cause of Alzheimer's Disease is not known and is currently receiving intensive scientific investigation. The National Institute on Aging heads up the federal government efforts. Suspected causes include a genetic predisposition, a slow virus or other infectious agents, environmental toxins, and immunological changes. Other factors also are under investigation. Scientists are applying the newest knowledge and research techniques in molecular genetics, pathology, virology, immunology, toxicology, neurology, psychiatry, pharmacology, biochemistry and epidemiology to find the cause, treatment, and cure for Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders.

122. Alliance Charities Alzheimer's Disease The Glaxo Neurological Centre, Non medical advice and information for people withneurological conditions and those who care for them. http://glaxocentre.merseyside.org/ads.html

Charity No 296645 Contacts: National Office Alzheimer's Society, Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PH England Helpline: 0845 300 0336 Tel: 0207 306 0606 Web Site: www.alzheimers.org.uk Email: enquiries@alzheimers.org.uk - Barry Foxon Glaxo Neurological Centre, Norton St, Liverpool L3 8LR England Tel: 0151 298 2444 (24 hr Answer phone) Email: barry@alzmerseyside.fsnet.co.uk The Liverpool and South Sefton branch based within the Glaxo Centre operates a drop in service from 10am - 2pm Monday - Friday. Additionally on the first Thursday of the month between 10 and 2 Barry Foxon will be at Garston Urban Village Hall. On the third Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm there is a support group meeting at Leighton Dene. On the last Thursday of each month Barry visits the Sefton Carer's Centre between 10 and 2. Please contact Barry on the telephone number above for further details. The Alzheimer's Society support families in England, Wales and Northern Ireland through a network of regional offices, branches, support groups and carers contacts; provides information, literature and care grants to those in need; raises public awareness through fundraising and offers education and guidance to carers and professionals; campaigns on behalf of people with dementia and their carers. Additionally it funds research into Alzheimer's and disseminates information on developments. For contact details of other North West of England branches please visit the Alzheimer's Society Website Local Branches page Other links to support and information:

123. Alzheimer's Society, Durham And Chester-le-Street Branch, UK. This branch of the Alzheimer s Society provides advice, information, Carer SupportGroup, Sitting Service, Day Care and Drop In facilities. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/durham.ads/

Alzheimer's Society Durham and Chester-le-Street Branch, UK Are you looking after someone who is confused and forgetful due to dementia? Are you feeling lonely and isolated? Do you live in Durham, Chester-le-Street or the surrounding villages? If the answer is yes - we are here to help you. Home Page Welcome Page Visitors' Book In the News ... Site Archives Still using a browser without frames? Or even WebTV? Never mind, you should still be able to get everywhere from here. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information given in this website is accurate, neither The Alzheimer's Society, nor any of its branches nor PCRRN can accept any liability for loss or damage resulting therefrom.

124. Alzheimer's: Searching For A Cure Alzheimer s disease, along with worsening vision, prevented her mother fromrecognizing Tau is changed chemically in people with Alzheimer s disease. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/403_alz.html

FDA Home Page Search FDA Site FDA A-Z Index Contact FDA FDA Consumer magazine July-August 2003 Issue Pub No. FDA 04-1318C rev. This article originally appeared in the July-August 2003 FDA Consumer and contains revisions made in March 2004 and May 2004. Email this Page To a Friend Alzheimer's: Searching for a Cure By Linda Bren It was 1997 when an alarm went off in Vivian Freed's head. She knew something was wrong with her 85-year old mother, who had always planned her trip to celebrate Thanksgiving with her children down to the last detail. But that year, she got the airline tickets for the wrong days. Freed also found out that her mother had been missing doctors' appointments and social engagements, so she flew from her home in Rockville, Md., to her mother's home in Florida to check on her. "Everything that she had done perfectly before was a mess," says Freed. The bills weren't paid, and the medications that her mother had been giving to her ailing father weren't right. "We realized we needed to do something," says Freed, after a doctor diagnosed her mother with Alzheimer's disease. Freed's sister, Annette Heller, later "adult-napped" her parents and moved them to Maryland under the pretense of just visiting." They didn't really notice that she was packing up more things than they would need for just a visit," says Freed.

125. DD And Alzheimer's Disease Developed by the Workgroup on Alzheimer s disease and Developmental Disabilitiesand the Risk factors for Alzheimer s disease or dementia among people http://www.thearc.org/misc/alzbk.html

Developmental Disabilities and Alzheimer's Disease... What You Should Know This information may be copied or otherwise reproduced with proper citation. Developed by the Workgroup on Alzheimer's Disease and Developmental Disabilities and the New York Caregiver Assistance Project in Aging and Developmental Disabilities (New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities) and published by The Arc of the United States. Support provided by grants #90-AM-0679 from the U.S. Administration on Aging and #R13 AG/HD12353-01 from the U.S. National Institute on Aging (Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D., Project Director). Developmental Disabilities and Alzheimer's Disease... What You Should Know Contents Concerns What is Alzheimer's disease? What are the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease? What is the general course of Alzheimer's disease? ... Some things to remember Concerns Are you caring for an older person with a developmental disability? Has this person shown memory loss, confusion, loss of abilities at work, unexplained changes in personality and behavior, or unexpected decline in personal skills (such as walking, bathing, toileting, dressing, or eating)? It MAY be that some of these changes are associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. They may also be caused by some other age-associated condition that is treatable. This booklet can help you, the caregiver or the agency person, who is concerned about Alzheimer's disease and developmental disabilities. It describes Alzheimer's disease, how to find out if someone has it, and how it affects adults with developmental disabilities. It also provides information on what to do and suggests where to seek help.

126. BBC - Health - Conditions - Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia The symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer s disease. Alzheimer s disease doesappear to run in families, but having a relative with Alzheimer s doesn t http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/disorders_dementia.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index SUNDAY 18th September 2005 Text only BBC Homepage Lifestyle Health ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Alzheimer's disease and dementia James Tighe, clinical nurse research fellow All memories are fragile - we're more apt to forget things than we're able to remember them. Total recall of every experience is not something most people would desire. We tend instead to remember the things that are important to us. Even then, what can seem to us to be very clear memories can be wrong. We may add or omit things for many different reasons. However, for some people, their memory may begin to decline because of changes in the structure of their brain. These changes can lead to other symptoms - which, taken together, can be both distressing and disabling. This usually happens as we reach the last years of our lives, but it can happen earlier. Some people - by either adjusting their lifestyle, or by seeking some support - can carry on living a fulfilled life. Others may need to be cared for full-time. What are the symptoms?

127. University Of Dundee: Alzheimer's Disease Research Centre - Home Page Alzheimer s disease Research Centre. Dept. of Psychiatry, Ninewells Hospital Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY. About the centre Alzheimer s disease http://www.dundee.ac.uk/alzheimer/

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128. LIAF | Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer s disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain s For example, shortterm memory fails when Alzheimer s disease first http://www.liaf.org/disease.shtml

Alzheimer's Disease Cost Diagnosis Life Expectancy Local Statistics ... Symptoms Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and behavioral changes.   These neurons, which produce the brain chemical, or neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, break connections with other nerve cells and ultimately die. For example, short-term memory fails when Alzheimer's disease first destroys nerve cells in the hippocampus, and language skills and judgment decline when neurons die in the cerebral cortex.   Two types of abnormal lesions clog the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers: Beta-amyloid plaques-sticky clumps of protein fragments and cellular material that form outside and around neurons; and neurofibrillary tangles-insoluble twisted fibers composed largely of the protein, tau, that build up inside nerve cells. Although these structures are hallmarks of the disease, scientists are unclear whether they cause it or a byproduct of it.   Alzheimer's disease is not a normal part of aging. Â

129. LII - Results For "alzheimer's Disease" Alzheimer s disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR). Contains an overviewof Alzheimer s disease, covering symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment; http://www.lii.org/search?searchtype=subject;query=Alzheimer's disease;subsearch

130. What Is Alzheimer's Disease (AD) And Who Gets It? Alzheimer s disease is an illness that affects memory and thinking in older adults.Find out how Alzheimer s differs from normal aging and learn about the http://www.aricept.com/2001.php

What do I look for? Learn important information about Aricept Meet the specialists that help people with Alzheimer's Do you know some important facts about Alzheimer's About 4 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer's. It is an illness that makes it hard for people to remember, think, and use language. It can make them act strange or seem moody. After a while, people with Alzheimer's have a hard time with things like using the phone, cooking or handling money. Sadly, many people think the early symptoms of Alzheimer's are signs of normal aging. So Alzheimer's is often not diagnosed and treated early. The disease is more common in older adults. And it affects all races. About 1 in 10 people over the age of 65 have Alzheimer's. As many as 5 in 10 people over the age of 85 have Alzheimer's. People with Alzheimer's often do better if they start treatment early. Aricept can slow down the symptoms of Alzheimer's. People who start treatment with Aricept early may keep higher memory and thinking skills longer. Also, treatment may help people keep doing their daily tasks longer. Taking Aricept may help people stay in the community longer. Prescribing Information About Pfizer About Eisai Site Map

131. Public Health Genetics Unit: Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer s disease is a progressive neurological disease and the most common Implications of current knowledge of the genetics of Alzheimer s disease http://www.phgu.org.uk/info_database/diseases/alzheimers_disease/alzheimer.html

Text-only sitemap Home About Newsletter ... Search Alzheimer's disease See Explanatory Notes Contents: Genetics Familial, early-onset Alzheimer's disease Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease Late-onset Alzheimer's disease ... On-line information Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurological disease and the most common form of dementia (a serious deterioration in several mental functions, such as memory), with an average lifetime risk of about 10-12%. At least 10% of people over the age of 70 experience memory loss. The probability that memory loss is due to Alzheimer's disease increases with age: in those over 90, it rises to about 90%. The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in people aged over 85 has been estimated at 25-50%; as the average age of the UK population increases, the number of people affected (already over half a million) is likely to increase. The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are due to the gradual loss of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex of the brain. There is no cure for Alzheimer's, although drugs are available to relieve some of the associated symptoms of the disease. Reminyl (galantamine), Aricept (donepezil hydrochloride) and Exelon (rivastigmine) are drugs approved by NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) for use in mild to moderate stage Alzheimer's disease. These drugs act to increase the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain, which in Alzheimer's disease may otherwise be depleted. A new drug, Ebixa (memantine), is now available to slow the progression of symptoms in moderate to severe cases of Alzheimer's, and has a different mode of action, blocking neurotransmission in the brain by glutamate, levels of which are raised in Alzheimer's disease. However, NICE have yet to publish guidelines on the use of this drug.

132. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center - Department Of Psychiatry - Mount Sinai Sc The Mount Sinai Alzheimer’s disease Research Center (ADRC) provides clinicalresearch opportunities as well as treatment and evaluation for memory problems, http://www.mssm.edu/psychiatry/adrc/

Introduction National Institute on Aging , a branch of the National Institutes of Health Our ADRC, with its team of experts in geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry and psychology, neurology, pathology, and radiology, diagnoses and provides patient care for those with memory disorders. Our clinicians and neuroscientists also conduct research into the causes and treatment of dementia, and sponsors educational programs for health care professionals and community groups. Caregiver programs and support groups are also available. Read our newsletter . All services are available in both English and Spanish. clinical research lab research are supported by the National Institute on Aging Mary Sano, Ph.D. Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Acknowledgment: The Mount Sinai ADRC is funded by the National Institute on Aging (grant number P50AG005138) and is a contributor to the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center introduction patient care clinical research ... mssm home This site is maintained by the Web Development Office

133. Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders Association - Aloha Chapter, Hawaii Hawaii alzheimer s and dementia support association providing disease management,research and treatment information. http://www.alzhi.org/

Safe Return Program Oahu Support Groups Maui Support Groups Hawaii Support Groups ... tell a friend This link requires Javascript request newsletter events contact us Special sections for: Site map services support groups hawaii regions ... calendar Aloha! Aloha! Thank you for visiting our website. No one has to tell you that care giving can be a demanding and exhausting job. We are here to help! We provide orientation to the disease, support with managing the disease, information on available programs and services, and access to emerging research and treatment information. Committed to responding to the needs of all people affected by Alzheimer's and related dementias in an environment which reflects dignity and respect, and to preserve their independence as long as possible. Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter Oahu Mailing Address Ward Warehouse, Building D15

134. Alzheimer's Disease The cholinergic hypothesis of Alzheimer s disease a review of progress Alzheimer s disease is one of the most common causes of mental deterioration in http://www.biopsychiatry.com/alzheim.htm

The cholinergic hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease: a review of progress by Francis PT, Palmer AM, Snape M, Wilcock GK Dementia Research Laboratory, Neuroscience Research Centre, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Schools of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London, UK. p.francis@umds.ac.uk J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999 Feb; 66(2):137-47 ABSTRACT A Options Adrafinil Selegiline Donepezil ... The Good Drug Guide The Responsible Parent's Guide To Healthy Mood Boosters For All The Family

135. Dementia.com - Information On Dementia And Alzheimer's Diseases For Patients, Ca Dementia.com Information on causes, diagnosis, symptoms and treatment of dementiaand alzheimer s diseases aimed to medical healthcare professionals, http://www.dementia.com/

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136. The Forgetting: A Portrait Of Alzheimer's Simple Answers to tough questions about Alzheimer s News Updates Get thelatest Alzheimer s news, updated weekly Teacher s Guide http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/

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