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Will You Develop Alzheimier's? New Research Touts Genetic Marker

wsj.com | Shirley S. Wang | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Alzheimers, Genes, Brain, Forgetfulness, Health, Confusion, Alzheimer's Gene, Alzheimer's Research, Old Age, Genetic Marker, Living News

Allen Roses, director of Duke University's Deane Drug Discovery Institute, said that if other researchers get the same findings, it could mean a drast...

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Listening To Alzheimer's Caregivers: Advice And Challenges

ABC News | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Aging, Mental Health, Relationships, Support Group Dementia, Women's Health, Men's Health, Giving, Support Group Alzheimer's, Living News

In a roundtable discussion for the ABCNews.com OnCall+ Alzheimer's section, four caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease -- Alice, Maure...

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STUDY: Eating Curry Weekly May Ward Off Dementia

BBC NEWS | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Food, Aging, Dementia, Eating, Brain, Curry, Indian Food, Living News

Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a US researcher suggests. The key ingredient ...

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Do I Really Want to Know If I Have Alzheimer's?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Causes of Dementia, Diagnosing Alzheimer's, Early Prevention Alzheimer's, Living News

Research suggests that less than 35 percent of people with Alzheimer's or other dementias are properly diagnosed. Early diagnosis is crucial.

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Living with Alzheimer's

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living

Read More: CBS Doc, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Living News

There are few conditions more frightening to my patients -- and to me -- than dementia. It's easily the most common fear voiced in my office.

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Alzheimer's Disease and Darwinian Evolution: Is There a Connection?

Dan Agin | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Evolution, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Charles Darwin, Living News

The mechanisms responsible for the rapid recent evolutionary development of the human brain are new and therefore maybe more vulnerable to disease processes than older parts of the brain.

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The Panini Generation

Lee Woodruff | Posted 05.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Dementia, Senior Citizens, Parenting, Mother's Day, Retirement, Sandwich Generation, Living News

They call us the sandwich generation. Like many, I am pressed in the white-hot heat between parenting four children and caregiving for my aging parents. Sandwich? Phooey. I say we are the panini generation.

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Berlinale 2009: Mitchell Lichtenstein's Happy Tears

Karin Badt | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Posey Parker, Rip Torn, Aging Parents, Dementia, Berlinale, Sisters in Film, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstein, Demi Moore, Happy Tears, Entertainment News

Happy Tears -- like the engaging director himself -- vulnerably exposes the inchoate emotions that children experience when facing not only aging parents, but memories of abuse.

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Playing Wii is Good For Older Brains

Barbara Dehn | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Wii, Memory, Dementia, Health, Computers, Playing Video Games, Star Wars Wii, Senility, Video Games Dementia, Video Games Mental Health, Video Games and Adults, Brain Function, Video Games and Senility, Racing Game Wii, Living News

Ah, so the research might be valid after all... playing video games (up to a certain point) can help your brain work better.

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Listen Up, Young'uns

Ann Medlock | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dementia, Obama, Mccain, Elders, American Dream, Rove, John McCain, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

If McCain doesn't stop being a poster boy for senile dementia, I may start dissing seniors myself. And I am one. Sheesh!

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BBC Claims Singles Are at Risk for Alzheimer's; I Think the BBC is Losing Its Mind

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Elderly, Marriage, Dementia, Singled Out, Friends, Singlism, Divorce, Bbc, Health, Matrimania, Alzheimer's, Intellectual Stimulation, Singles, Media, Widows, Social Contact, Media News

With no reliable differences in the rate of Alzheimer's between the married and the single people, the BBC should not have heralded the "findings" in a headline.

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Bright Lights May Prevent Dementia

Time | Posted 06.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Alzheimers Prevention, Dementia Cures, Dementia, Alzheimers, Living News

When it comes to Alzheimer's disease, no one yet knows the best way to halt the gradual slips in memory and other brain functions that are the hallmar...

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Study: Men More Forgetful Than Women

LiveScience | Jeanna Bryner | Posted 04.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Alzheimers, Cognitive Impairments, How to Remember, Memory Tricks, Dementia Studies, Men More Forgetful, Living News

Men are more likely than women to have problems with memory and other thinking skills, symptoms considered to be an early stage of dementia, research...

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