Alzheimers Disease: - Women’s History Month: Increase In Alzheimer’s Changes Family Dynamics
Women’s History Month: Increase In Alzheimer’s Changes Family Dynamics
An alarming new report shows Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise. As part of Womens History Month , NY1s Cheryl Wills filed the following report on a mother and daughter who are battling the disease, each in her own way.
Caregivers cry foul over governors health-care cuts
Wits end. Stressed out. End of her rope. Take your pick of how Gladys Zeno describes her emotional state as the sole caregiver for her mother, Emma Martinez, a 77-year-old victim of Alzheimers Disease.
Blocking Immune Cell Action Increases Alzheimer’s-associated Protein Deposits
The immune system’s response against amyloid-beta, the protein that forms plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, appears to protect the brain from damage in early stages of the devastating neurological disorder. A report from Massachusetts General Hospital researchers finds that lack of a protein required for recruitment of the brain’s primary immune cell led to increased …
Alzheimer’s Hits 5.1 Million Americans
Alzheimer’s disease is rising rapidly in America — now affecting at least 5.1 million and expected to hit 7.7 million by 2030; perhaps tripling to 16 million by 2050.
State seeks tighter reins on home where man died
MARION, Ind. — State health officials want to place a nursing home’s license on probation because of the accidental death last month of a resident with Alzheimer’s disease.
RETIRED HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSOR JAMES L. MCKENNEY, AUTHORITY ON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, DEAD AT 77
BOSTON - Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus James L. McKenney, an expert in management information systems and the use of computer systems for teaching management, died on Wednesday, March 28, at the Belmont Manor Nursing Home in Belmont, Mass., after a long struggle with Alzheimers disease.