Individuals with thinner regions of the brain’s cerebral cortex are significantly more likely to show early evidence of dementia, according to scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Mary Brunswig knows all too well how Alzheimer’s can affect a loved one and the entire family.
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Walk to End Alzheimer’s: new name, same mission
NEW YORK, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) invite scientists from academia and the biotechnology industry worldwide to apply for research grants to develop Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)-specific biomarkers that reflect pathological and clinical differences so that appropriate …
“Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association” has published advance online versions of four articles on www.alzheimersanddementia.org that comprise new criteria and guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. These articles were developed and written by workgroups spearheaded by the Alzheimer’s Association and the National Institute on …
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The number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease is swelling — and the number of unpaid caregivers for those with the brain-wasting condition continues to climb as well. Nearly 15 million unpaid caregivers help someone with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in the United States — 37 percent more ... continue reading