The death of Gunter Sachs, iconic playboy of the go-go 1960s, has brought to light the depression that comes with neurodegenerative disease. The German billionaire and ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot fatally shot himself Saturday at his chalet, in Gstaad, Switzerland, at age 78, leaving a suicide note that revealed what ... continue reading
‘‘I’ve lost myself,” a patient named Auguste Deter told German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in the early 1900s.
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North Bay researchers hope for breakthrough on Alzheimer’s
Metformin, a drug used in type 2-diabetes might have the potential to also act against Alzheimer’s disease. This has been shown in a study from scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the University of Dundee and the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics. The researchers have found out that ... continue reading
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. Scientists have learned a great deal about Alzheimer’s disease in the century since Dr. Alzheimer first drew attention to it. Today we know that Alzheimer’s:
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