4 - Alzheimers

Police Ask For Public’s Aid Finding 75-Year-Old 
Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 75-year-old man.

News Briefs: Mar. 24 
One dead, one injured _in pickup truck crash One man was killed and another injured when a pickup truck overturned on State Route 165 early Friday morning, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

RENTAL DEMENTIA 
A very good friend of mine just returned from AfricaUganda to be precise. Normally a nomad bartender in some of Manhattans hipper night spots, we were all a little surprised, even mildly worried, when he decided to run off and work in a malaria clinic for three months.

Bob and Sally Ott Died Two Weeks Apart After 67 Years of Marriage. Medical Experts Say It’s Not Unusual. Broken Heart 
By Ann Wlazelek, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Mar. 23–Heartthrobs since high school and married for 67 years, Bob and Sally Ott spent so much of their lives together that neither could bear the thought of going on alone if the other died.

Report: More Than 5 Million Living With Alzheimer’s 
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. That’s a 10 percent increase since the last Alzheimer’s Association estimate 5 years ago.

Missing Alzheimer’s Patient, 60, Found Safe 
A man who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia was found unharmed in Los Angeles four days after leaving his daughter’s home in Pomona, authorities said Thursday.

New report: Alzheimer’s disease to skyrocket 
America is on track for an explosion in Alzheimer’s disease cases, with the aging of the baby boomers. New statistics indicate more than five million Americans

Alzheimer’s Association of Minnesota - North Dakota to Distribute Information Toolkits to More Than 3,000 Health Care … 
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Alzheimer’s Study Released 
Alzheimer’s Disease is a growing epidemic across the nation and in Iowa. The Alzheimer’s Association released their latest statistics today. There are now more than five million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s Disease.

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.

More Than 5 Million Americans Now Have Alzheimer’s 
Finding confirms predictions that the disease could reach epidemic proportions as population ages.

Report: More than 5 million living with Alzheimer’s 
Age is the biggest risk factor, and the report to be released Tuesday shows the nation is on track for skyrocketing Alzheimer’s once the baby boomers start turning 65 in 2011. Already, one in eight people 65 and older have the mind-destroying illness, and nearly one in two people over 85.

Alzheimer’s events planned 
Anyone concerned about Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia is invited to two upcoming events:

Sarasota’s Roskamp Institute Announces Positive Safety Data in Human Clinical Study for Alzheimer’s Disease 
The Roskamp Institute announced today that it has received positive preliminary results in its major clinical study that is testing a promising new drug application for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Country Day teen tackles Alzheimer’s 
Jonathan Rajaseelan used his own special recipe for pound cake as a way to combat Alzheimer's disease.The eighth-grader at Lancaster Country Day School came away with the junior division title at the 54th annual Lancaster Newspapers Science & Engineering Fair.His project, &q…

CNY Alzheimers Programs to Expand 
The Central New York Alzheimers Association says it will have to expand to meet the increasing needs of the community.

Scientists probe zinc link to blindness 
GALVESTON An international research team including scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has discovered that zinc could be a cause of blindness in the same way that it contributes to Alzheimers disease.

Missing man, 87, found at Butler County rest stop 
DAYTON An 87-year-old man afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease, who was reported missing Monday night, was located about 2 a.m. Tuesday in Butler County.

Wirtz: Beltway ’scandals’ fall on deaf ears 
Yawn. Double yawn. We need some more Starbucks here. That’s how Midwesterners are reacting to the scandals in Washington — those of Scooter Libby and Alberto Gonzales — that are driving the Beltway media into a frenzy and Patrick Leahy and Charles Schumer into dementia.

Thousands Help Fight Against Disease 
Half a million people are being asked to take part in a medical research project that could last the rest of their lives. Samples of blood and urine from people aged 40 to 69 will be examined to develop cures to a number of life-threatening and debilitating deseases.

Alzheimers cases on rise both nationally, locally 
More than five million Americans live with Alzheimers disease a 10 percent increase since 2002 the Alzheimers Association reported Tuesday.

Health Highlights: March 20, 2007 
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Man With Dementia, Alzheimers Strays From Pasadena 
A 70-year-old man with dementia was missing Saturday, police said.