Alzheimer's Challenge 2012: Seeking New Tools to Help Improve Alzheimer's Care

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, together with its collaborator on the Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program (AIP), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE – News), and the …

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Memory in Alzheimer’s mouse model revived (UPI)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 24 (UPI) — University of Texas Health Science Center researchers say they have successfully reversed Alzheimer’s-like memory deficits in a mouse model of the disease.

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Neuroimaging monitors Alzheimer’s disease (UPI)

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11 (UPI) — U.S. medical researchers say a new neuroimaging technique might soon pave the way for effective early identification of Alzheimer’s disease in living people.

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Alzheimer’s brain changes studied (UPI)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18 (UPI) — U.S. medical scientists say they’ve developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle brain structure changes occurring in Alzheimer’s patients.

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Police find missing 74-year-old Alzheimer’s patient (The Temecula Valley News)

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

SAN JACINTO – Police today found a missing 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who left his care facility without medication and sent community agency workers and volunteers on a frenzied 24-hour search, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Danny Gonzalez was believed to be in danger of falling into a diabetic coma or become ... continue reading