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New Blood Test Detects Alzheimer’s 30 Years in Advance
About 5.7 million Americans currently suffer from -Alzheimer’s disease-, the most common form of dementia. Up until recently, doctors had no way of detecting the disease until symptoms had already presented and the disease was well underway. Now, -a simple blood test might be able to detect the presence of plaque-forming proteins decades in advance-, long before the disease they cause begins to develop....
September 3, 2018
The Alzheimer’s Tsunami: Waves Rushing to Shore
Between 2000 and 2015 death from Alzheimer’s disease increased 123%. In the same period death from other major diseases in our country declined. This data point may surprise you as Alzheimer’s and related dementias today still share a common reality; they cannot be prevented, slowed or cured. After my mother’s death in 2015, I met with her geriatric psychiatrist. Our conversation transported me back...
April 17, 2018
Who Gets Alzheimer's? 18 Contributing Factors
Alzheimer's is yet another of the many chronic diseases which have now reached epidemic/pandemic proportions.  Like most other such diseases, it is not yet known what brings about the condition. We do, however, know that the disease robs victims of their memory, incapacitates them, and, ultimately, brings about a premature (in most cases) death. Why the Cause of a Disease is Crucially Important - We...
January 9, 2018
3 Promising Studies in Alzheimer's Disease Research Hint Towards Future Solutions
Image source - We know a little about how to handle Alzheimer’s disease. For instance, good nutrition and exercise can prevent it. Keeping yourself mentally engaged can lead to an improvement in memory. There are also anecdotes from those who care for people living with Alzheimer’s disease that have revealed that music and storytelling can help temporarily lift the mental fog. A dramatic example of...
August 22, 2016