Alzheimer's Association's Annual Education Symposium
The 21st Annual Education Symposium , in partnership with the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, will be held Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Crown Plaza, DIA, Denver, 7:30am - 4:30pm. This...
View ArticleSenator Bennett co-sponsors bill to create National Alzheimer's Project Act
Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, is co-sponsoring the National Alzheimer's Project. The proposal would create an office within the White House to coordinate all research, clinical care and...
View ArticleFree Caregiving Symposium
Boulder County Aging Services is holding a countywide educational event for families and anyone interested in caregiving issues on Thursday, June 10, from 12:00 to 5:00pm at the Calvary Bible Church,...
View ArticleJohn Thorndike's memoir, The Last of His Mind: A Year in the Shadow of...
"My father was an associate editor of Life magazine at 23 years old, and at 33 he was managing editor. He was an independent New Englander who didn't believe in telling anyone what to do. But at...
View ArticleThe Stigma of Having Dementia
One of the hardest things about getting a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is deciding when and whom to tell. When my husband was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease at 60 years old...
View ArticleChocolate is Good for Your Brain
If you like chocolate you’re in luck. Several studies suggest that chocolate enhances your mood, supports healthy blood pressure, reduces your risk of stroke and Alzheimer’s disease, and might improve...
View ArticleHealth Tips for the Caregiver
The stress of caregiving can result in chronic disease for the caregiver and take as many as 10 years off one’s life. Caregivers often neglect their own self-care by sleeping less, eating too much or...
View ArticleHealthy Holiday Sweets for People with Dementia
It seems that people with dementia, and the elderly population in general, really love ice cream and sweets. A healthy, vital human being has between 10,000 and 15,000 taste buds. But as we age we...
View ArticleVitamin D Reduces Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Higher vitamin D intake is associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to research done at the Angers University Hospital in France. Another recent study at the VA...
View ArticleMelatonin helps alleviate SAD, and “Sundowning” in Alzheimer’s Patients
It’s common to get the winter blues, especially if you live in the northern hemisphere where exposure to daylight is limited. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is typically characterized by...
View ArticleIs Red Wine Really Good for Your Brain?
It seems every other week a new study is published on the benefits or risks of drinking wine. And at this time of year when we tend to imbibe more at holiday parties than usual, it’s worth thinking...
View ArticleThe Greatest Gift of All
Instead of worrying about what to give a friend or loved one who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia consider this. What that person really wants more than anything is to just be with you.So...
View ArticleLong-term Steroid Users May Experience Dementia Symptoms
A new study conducted by investigators at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School asserts that the long-term use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) may severely impact the user’s ability to...
View ArticlePrenatal brain development might influence risk for Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have found evidence suggesting that brain changes found in adults with risk-related genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease and...
View ArticleStrong risk of brain disease among football players
What do Baltimore Colts tight-end John Mackey (1941–2011), former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson (1972–), and former Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Ricardo McDonald...
View ArticleChange in environment can slow decline in Alzheimer’s patients
Researchers at Utah State University (USU) have found that changing the environment of Alzheimer’s patients can dramatically slow down the progression of the disease. When caregivers use positive...
View ArticleNew MRI Scan Can Tell If it's Alzheimer's or Another Dementia
Up until now, the only way to get a firm diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease was with a postmortem dissection of the victim’s brain. Doctors typically do a thyroid test, a complete blood count, blood...
View ArticleGetting a Better Night’s Sleep Helps Long-term Memory
Most people’s minds are muddled after a bad night’s sleep. Imagine what happens after years of poor quality sleep. A new study published January 27 in the journal Nature Neuroscience links structural...
View ArticleAntioxidants: Are they protective against dementia and stroke?
The journal Neurology recently published a study indicating that antioxidants do not reduce stroke or dementia risk. This study contradicted what other studies have shown and I want to present the...
View ArticleIs Green Tea Extract the Next Silver Bullet for Alzheimer’s?
Green tea has been used throughout Asia for thousands of years to promote longevity, improve mental functions, and prevent disease. But it is only within the past twenty years or so that green tea has...
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