Local Alzheimer’s Walk is Sept. 17

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Lynne Ruben is walking in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk To End Alzheimer’s in memory of her father and her aunt.  As a member of the Macomb AARP Team she will participate in the 14th Annual McDonough County Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Saturday, Sept. 17, at Citizens Bank Plaza, Macomb, at ... continue reading

Study Shows Mothers Pass On Alzheimer’s Risk

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

People with an immediate family history of Alzheimer’s disease are four to 10 times as likely to contract the condition. A new study now suggests the chances of getting Alzheimer’s are higher if your mother had it than if your father had it

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Alzheimer’s Risk Looks Higher if Mom Had the Disease

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

MONDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) — A new study adds more weight to research showing the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is greater if your mother, rather than your father, had the disorder.

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Alzheimer’s Fight In the WH?

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Ronald Reagan’s son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease while he was still in the White House

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Alzheimer’s Caregivers Journey – Dad’s Move To Memory Care

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

The day we moved my father, suffering from Alzheimer’s, into a memory care unit. For all going through dealing with the journey of Alzheimer’s in your family, the…

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