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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Alzheimer’s strikes 1 family in record numbers

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

What is believed to be the largest single family to be battling Alzheimer’s has been discovered living in a small mountain town in Colombia, South America.

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Mouse Study Suggests Coffee Ingredient Deters Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

A new laboratory study from the University of South Florida suggests an unknown component of coffee interacts with caffeine to protect against Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Using a mouse model, researchers found that this interaction boosts blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease ... continue reading

Woman with Alzheimer’s missing from Southwest Side

Friday, June 25th, 2010

A 67-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s Disease and high blood pressure was reported missing from the Southwest Side Thursday, and police say she may think she lives at an old address in Maywood. Inez Thomas is missing from the 7100 block of South Washtenaw Avenue, but might tell people she lives ... continue reading

Tom Gregory: From Alzheimer’s to Auschwitz at 32,000 Feet (The Huffington Post)

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

This week time spun me around. I traveled back to South Jersey to work against Alzheimer’s undignified rip across my mother’s golden years. In the…

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