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Beating Alzheimer's: A Step Towards Unlocking the Mysteries of Brain Diseases by Tom Warren, 1991-05-01 The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities, Vol. 1 by Virginia Bell, David Troxel, et all 2004-09-15 Beyond Alzheimer's: How to Avoid the Modern Epidemic of Dementia by Scott D. Mendelson, 2009-09-25 The Memory Cure : How to Protect Your Brain Against Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease by Majid Fotuhi, 2004-03-01 Alzheimer's: A Caretaker's Journal by Marie Fostino, 2007-11-15 Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook, 3rd Edition by Howard Gruetzner, 2001-07-20 Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's: One Daughter's Hopeful Story by Lauren Kessler, 2008-05-27 Speaking Our Minds: What It's Like to Have Alzheimer's, Revised Edition by Lisa Snyder, 2009-07-10 The Last of His Mind: A Year in the Shadow of Alzheimer's by John Thorndike, 2009-10-23 Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease by Ronald Peterson M.D., 2002-09-01 The Alzheimer's Caregiving Puzzle: Putting Together the Pieces by Patricia Callone, Connie Kudlacek, 2010-10-01 Measure of the Heart: Caring for a Parent with Alzheimer's by Mary Ellen Geist, 2009-08-06

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41. Mouse Maze Study Could Shed Light On Alzheimers
    http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/01/15/brain.exercises.ap/index.html

42. CNN.com - Researchers Find Evidence That Brain 'plaque' Causes Alzheimer's - Mar
    http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/03/21/alzheimers.plaque/index.html
    
    Extractions: WEB SERVICES: From staff and wire reports CHICAGO (CNN) A sticky protein plaque that engulfs brain cells of Alzheimer's victims may be the key to fighting the brain-wasting disease, a study released Tuesday found. Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York analyzed brain tissue from the autopsies of 79 nursing home residents and found more plaque of the beta-amyloid protein surrounding the brain cells of those with more advanced dementia.

43. CNN.com - New Use Of Brain Scan May Yield Delays In Alzheimer’s Symptoms - May
    http://cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/aging/05/15/alzheimers.diagnosis/index.html

44. Welcome To The McCusker Foundation For Alzheimers Research Website.
    The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer s Research Introduction Page.The McCuskerFoundation for Alzheimer s Disease Research.It is a nonprofit organisation  
    http://www.alzheimers.com.au/
    
    Extractions: What is Alzheimers Disease ? About Dr. Ralph Martins Publications Research Programs ... Contact Us The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research is a non-profit organisation established in 1999 with the help of the McCusker family. The McCusker Foundation hopes to develop early diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's Disease and to accelerate the discovery of effective therapies for the prevention, treatment and reversal of Alzheime's Disease using multidisciplinary approaches. Some of the cutting edge studies include: Determination of a major function of the beta amyloid protein: a key player in the cause of Alzheimer's Disease. Development of a therapeutic strategy to neutralise the toxic function of the beta amyloid protein. Undertaking clinical trials to assess the therapeutic potential of selected compounds such as folic acid in elderly volunteers.

45. MedlinePlus: Alzheimer's Disease
    Alzheimer s Disease. Skip navigation. MedlinePlus Trusted Health Informationfor You Contact Us FAQs Site Map About MedlinePlus  
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alzheimersdisease.html
    
    Extractions: Latest News Word Test May Give Clues to Alzheimer's Disease (09/06/2005, Reuters Health) New Alzheimer's Disease Research Reported (09/01/2005, United Press International) Blood Flow a Factor In Dementia (08/30/2005, Scripps Howard News Service) More News on Alzheimer's Disease From the National Institutes of Health Alzheimer's Disease (National Institute on Aging) Alzheimer's Disease (National Institute on Aging)

46. CNN - Study: Exercise May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk - April 28, 1998
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9804/28/alzheimers.exercise/index.html
    
    Extractions: Web posted at: 11:10 p.m. EDT (0310 GMT) CLEVELAND (CNN) A study released Tuesday shows that regular exercise may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found that those who exercised regularly throughout life were less likely to have contracted the brain-deteriorating disease than those who were inactive. The study examined the long-term exercise habits of 373 people 126 with Alzheimer's and 247 healthy people. It was conducted by Dr. Arthur Smith and Dr. Robert Friedland, both neurologists from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland. "We found that patients with Alzheimer's disease had lower levels of physical activity earlier in life," Friedland said. But the doctors cautioned that exercise does not guarantee immunity from the disease, which is most common in people past age 65. "We believe this is one out of many risk factors. ... We don't think it will prevent the disease," Friedland said.

47. Alzheimer's Disease - Neurologychannel
    Alzheimer s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive disorder. In Alzheimer sDisease brain cells deteriorate, resulting in the loss of cognitive  
    http://www.neurologychannel.com/alzheimers/
    
    Extractions: Overview Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive disorder in which brain cells (neurons) deteriorate, resulting in the loss of cognitive functions, primarily memory, judgment and reasoning, movement coordination, and pattern recognition. In advanced stages of the disease, all memory and mental functioning may be lost. The condition predominantly affects the cerebral cortex and hippocampus , which lose mass and shrink (atrophy) as the disease advances.

48. CNN - Research Could Lead To Treatment And Preventive Drug Therapies For Alzheim
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/07/alzheimers.enzyme/index.html
    
    Extractions: Web posted at: 5:31 p.m. EDT (2131 GMT) From Medical Correspondent Rhonda Rowland BOSTON (CNN) Researchers say they believe a new finding on how the brain works could one day point them to new treatment approaches for Alzheimer's disease. In an article in this week's Journal Nature, researchers say an elusive enzyme that makes brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease may be the same molecule as a key protein already associated with most familial cases of Alzheimer's. The connection could help scientists and pharmaceutical companies develop drugs to treat the disease. "In the future this could allow us to treat Alzheimer's disease the same way we currently detect and treat high cholesterol," says Dr. Dennis Selkoe of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "So an enzyme-blocking drug could prevent the progression of Alzheimer's, like cholesterol-lowering drugs prevent heart disease." Not all researchers share Selkoe's enthusiasm. There's skepticism in the ranks of the Alzheimer's Association.

49. Alzheimer's Association - Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter
    As a new care partner, what help is available to me? What should I expect as thedisease progresses? How do I establish Advance Directives?  
    http://www.alzheimers-sewi.org/

50. CNN - New Test Added To Alzheimer's Research Arsenal - February 18, 1998
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9802/18/alzheimers/index.html
    
    Extractions: Web posted at: 11:26 p.m. EST (0426 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) A study in the New England Journal of Medicine says that researchers have identified a test that reduced false diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease by approximately 30 percent. The test focuses on a gene known as the Apo E4 gene, and although the researchers found that it is "strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease," they cautioned that it alone is not sufficient to be used as a diagnostic tool. However, they also concluded that using the test along with others, including an MRI, would be helpful to physicians trying to make clinical diagnoses on different types of dementia. "Everyone inherits an Apo E gene," says Dr. Creighton Phelps of the National Institute on Aging, "one from your mother and one from your father. This gene helps predict whether you are going to have certain diseases." Phelps says that those with the E4 gene (there are also E2 and E3 genes) are likely to get certain diseases. The researchers say the presence of the E4 form of the Apo E gene is found most often in people who exhibits signs of the disease after the age of 65.

51. CNN - Study Says Blacks, Hispanics More Likely To Get Alzheimer's - March 10, 19
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9803/10/alzheimers/index.html
    
    Extractions: Web posted at: 10:00 p.m. EST (0300 GMT) CHICAGO (CNN) A study has found that blacks and Hispanics may run a higher risk than whites of getting Alzheimer's disease, although it is not clear why. "Our results suggest that as African-Americans and Hispanics age, the frequency of Alzheimer's disease in those populations may increase disproportionately," says the study from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. The report, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, is based on a study of 1,079 elderly white, black and Hispanic Medicare recipients whose health histories were followed for six years. The researchers said blacks and Hispanics with a previously identified gene mutation known as the apolipoprotein-e gene were as likely as whites with the same gene mutation to develop Alzheimer's disease.

52. Alzheimers
    This site contains information about alzheimer s what is it, cure, statistics.  
    http://www.mamashealth.com/alz3.asp
    
    Extractions: Wheelchairs vs Scooters Links Email Mama Choosing Alzheimer’s Care for Your Loved One (ARA) - Many people in the early stages of Alzheimer's live safely at home, even though they may need plenty of memory cues like lists and notes. Over time, though, Alzheimer's causes memory loss and thinking problems that could make living at home dangerous. For example, Alzheimer's patients who are in the mid- to late-stages of the disease have been known to leave appliances such as the stove or the coffee pot on, and wander to unsafe places such as a busy intersection or unfamiliar part of town. When this happens, Alzheimer's experts at Beverly Healthcare, a leading provider of eldercare services including Alzheimer's care, advise that families look for a nursing home with a program or unit designed specifically for people with Alzheimer's. "People in the mid-stages of Alzheimer's need 24-hour supervision and care. A setting like Alzheimer's Care at Beverly with specially designed programming provides the care they need, and also gives them a chance to live in a place where they can enjoy life and remember happier times," said Ed McMahon, director of Alzheimer's care and quality of life for Beverly Healthcare. Making the decision to look for long-term care for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease is rarely easy. However, when families find the right nursing home where they know that their loved one will be happy and safe the transition can be smoother for everyone.

53. CNN - Genes Linked To Development Of Alzheimer's, Studies Report - July 22, 1998
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9807/22/alzheimers.genes.02/index.html
    
    Extractions: Web posted at: 8:33 p.m. EDT (2033 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) Carolyn Preston's mother lived a vigorous life until her mid-70s, when she experienced the lapses so familiar to millions of Alzheimer's patients. "One night the policeman found her wandering the street with her stocking cap on, her nightgown, very large sums of money in her pocketbook," Preston said. "He said 'you know, I've seen that lady before.'" Two large studies have now identified two genes common among late-onset Alzheimer's victims like Preston's mother. Most research concentrates on the rare early-onset form of Alzheimer's that strikes middle-aged patients. However, 90 percent of Alzheimer's patients in the United States suffer from late-onset Alzheimer's, meaning they developed the disease after age 60. In one study, researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health studied the A2M (alfa-2-macroglobulin) gene on chromosome 12. The study found late-onset patients are more likely to have a mutation in the gene than siblings who have not developed the disease.

54. Alzheimer's:Coping With Alzheimer's Disease By Denise Cooper
    If you think that alzheimers won t affect you, perhaps you better think again.We are an aging society and the prevalence of the disease is increasing  
    http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3004/
    
    Extractions: This page is no longer updated, it is here for your viewing. The creater passed away in 2002 Currently, there is an estimated 4 million Americans afflicted with Alzheimers Disease (AD).It is expected that more than 34 million people worldwide will develop Alzheimer?s disease by 2025 if an effective form of prevention and treatment are not found. The cost of caring for a person with AD is extremely high, an estimated $4.4 billion dollars per year is covered by the government, states cover an additional $4.1 billion per year. Most of the remaining costs fall on the patient and their family. If you think that Alzheimers won't affect you, perhaps you better think again. We are an aging society and the prevalence of the disease is increasing dramatically. Doctors now look at people between the ages of 30-50 and see the next generation of AD suffers. Could that be you, your mom, dad, sister, brother? If anyone had of told me in 1987, that in just a few years I would become my mothers full-time caregiver because of Alzheimers I would not have believed them. You see, my mother graduated from our local college, at the age of 72, June, 1987, the oldest person ever. She received her AA and a standing ovation from her class. Yet, just a few years later the

55. CNN - Brain Scan May Help Detect Alzheimer's Disease - June 22, 1998
    http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9806/22/alzheimers.scan/index.html
    
    Extractions: Web posted at: 11:13 p.m. EDT (0313 GMT) BOSTON (CNN) Doctors may soon be able to use high-tech brain scanning devices to determine if people with memory problems are at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston say the scans, known as single photon emission computed tomography scans, or SPECT, will measure blood flow to the brain in an attempt to detect those at risk of developing the disease. According to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Neurology, a review of the SPECT scans of 136 patients showed reduced blood flow readings in four areas of the brain. Three of those areas in the brain are related to memory.

56. Alzheimers
    alzheimers is the Death of the Mind Before the Death of the Body Assume thatpeople with alzheimers may understand and hear what you say even if they  
    http://www.efmoody.com/longterm/alzheimers.html
    
    Extractions: STAGES OF ALZHEIMERS: (Caregiver's Guide) For the elderly over age 85, about 47% suffer from Alzheimers and is the commonest reason for someone to be admitted to a nursing home. The disease does not discriminate between races, but it appears to affect more women than men simply for the reason that they tend to live longer. There are three stages to Alzheimer's. In the first stage, lasting two to four years, there are subtle changes- lack of "spark", lack of energy and a zest for life, lack of humor, decreased interest in family life, friends sports and other favorite pastimes. The personality change may become a caricature of the previous personality- the extrovert becomes a bombastic showoff; the introvert becomes reclusive. The first stage shows a loss of short term memory though past memories may remain unaffected. Toward the end of this stage, the person may not be able to hold a job, carry out most daily tasks or organize time and dates. The middle stage may last several years and is characterized by extreme confusion and difficulty in coping with new situation since long term memory fails and is gradually erased from the mind. The patient will still recognize familiar faces and perhaps latch on to one or two in a last grasp to retain some sanity. Many functions must be given up- driving most obviously. The patients may babble since they lose track of not only other conversations, but their own. Wandering and getting lost are frequent. Sundowning, a phenomenon associated with extreme restlessness, agitation and wandering may become a daily occurrence at about four in the afternoon.

57. Neuroconsult.co.uk - The One Stop Information Resource In Clinical Neurology
    Information resource on Clinical Neurology. Covering areas such as alzheimers, epilepsy, migraine, motor neurone, multiple sclerosis, pain, parkinsons, schizophrenia, and stroke.  
    http://www.neuroconsult.co.uk

58. Alzheimers Caregiving
    Dealing with alzheimers is challenging and can seem overwhelming at times, alzheimers and CAREGIVING (1999) The average lifetime with alzheimers is 8  
    http://www.efmoody.com/longterm/alzheimerscaregiving.html
    
    Extractions: Knowledge is power, so educate itself about the course of the disease, the symptoms and behaviors that are common, the treatment options and services that are available to both person with Alzheimers and the caregiver. National and local organizations and local libraries can provide educational materials and resources. Implement financial and legal planning as early as possible. Measures should be taken to preserve assets, plan for long-term care, discuss end of life wishes and prepare legal documents. An elder law attorney, who has experience handling these matters, should be consulted to insure that documents in estate planning are executed correctly. Set realistic expectations for yourself and the patient. Adjust your expectations of the patient to coincide with their abilities and the situation as it is today. This will relieve some of the stress and frustration and help you find meaningful activities for your loved one. Adjust your expectations of yourself- you cannot do it all. Learn to prioritize and don't be too critical of yourself or your loved one. Seek assistance. Once again, you cannot do it all. Request help with caregiving tasks from family, friends, neighbors and professionals, such as geriatric care managers, home care agencies or day-care programs. Lack of communication can be the source of stress and strain. Clearly state what help is needed- don't assume that others won't know what is required.

59. Under Construction
    Missouri registered nurses and nurses aides offering inhome personal care, respite care, advanced personal care and homemaker chores. Caring for children, elderly and those with alzheimers or dementia.  
    http://www.privatenursingservice.com

60. Hardin MD : Alzheimers Disease
    From the University of Iowa, the *best* lists of Internet sources in alzheimersDisease.  
    http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/alzheimer.html

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