Archive for October, 2009

Seeking an Alzheimer’s Silver Alert System (Queens Courier)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

A piece of legislation being sponsored by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer would create a “Silver Alert System” to help locate missing adults afflicted with Alzheimer’s or other forms of impairment.

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What If It’s Not Alzheimer’s A Caregiver’s Guide

Saturday, October 31st, 2009
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Includes Vital Information on Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) Foreword by John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Center, University of Pennsylvania Hospital Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer’s ... continue reading

Bayer reports data on Alzheimer’s disease test (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Bayer HealthCare on Friday said its compound florebetaben was about as effective as cognitive tests in helping doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.

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Mental Health Matters - Alzheimer’s

Friday, October 30th, 2009

The subject of Alzheimer’s is discussed with the CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada. The second guest is a man who was…

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GPS tracking system unveiled for Alzheimer’s patients (Computerworld)

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Computerworld - The Alzheimer’s Association has unveiled a new Web-based application that works with various mobile devices to track people suffering from dementia who may wander off at some point during their illness.

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