Alzheimers Disease: - Role of anesthetics in Alzheimer’s disease: Molecular details revealed
Role of anesthetics in Alzheimer’s disease: Molecular details revealed
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25 Inhaled anesthetics commonly used in surgery are more likely to cause the aggregation of Alzheimer’s disease-related plaques in the brain than intravenous anesthetics say University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in a journal article published in the Jan. 23 issue of Biochemistry.
Sally Torrey
Sally Shideler Torrey, a native of Corvallis, was remembered at a service honoring her life held Jan. 13 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Emporia, Kan. She had Alzheimers disease and died Dec. 17 in Irvine, Calif.
When Alzheimers strikes early
Throughout the Fraziers roughly eight-year ordeal, they began to suspect Rhonda may have early-onset Alzheimers because her behavior was like that exhibited by elderly people who suffer from dementia.
Next Steps: Can nursing home force mom out?
QUESTION: Our mother, who suffers from moderate Alzheimers disease, has lived in a local nursing home for nearly three years. Our father died prior to her admission, and we have used the money and assets he left her to pay for her care privately at the rate of more than $6,000 monthly.