Alzheimer's Research Archive

Cognasium? Brain Games Prove Helpful

Posted on August 23, 2010 | No Comments
Silverado Senior Living – Calabasas offers this same computer system for its resident’s with memory impairment. Interesting article explaining how it makes a difference for seniors. Original article from www.alzheimersweekly.com : SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers have discovered the brain, as it passes middle age, actually gets better at...
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Protect your pearly whites, for your health!

Posted on August 18, 2010 | No Comments
Article from the Orange County Register By Jane Glenn Haas We really show off our teeth only when we first get them. We wiggle the baby tooth that’s about to fall out. When it does, the “tooth fairy” slips some cash under our pillow. That permanent tooth arrives,...
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Spinal Fluid Test Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on August 17, 2010 | No Comments
Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease. Published: August 9, 2010, NY TImes : By GINA KOLATA Although there has been increasing evidence of the value of...
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Grapes of Wrath, for Alzheimer’s?

Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
Study shows red grapes can distinguish between eliminating good versus bad proteins in Alzheimer’s disease. Man can’t hold a candle to Mother Nature. In fact many scientists would agree that we understand more about outer space than we do our own planet. Plants, which sprout...
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Can you eat to starve cancer?

Posted on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
When it comes to understanding disease and cancer, Dr. William Li uses the quote, “Discovery is everyone looking at the same thing, and seeing something different.” In his speech at this years TED conference, Dr. Li shares his “idea worth spreading.” His easy to understand...
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Great tip for Caregivers of the Memory Impaired: Listen to Your Elders!

Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
While someone suffering from memory impairment might not recognize who you are they might be able to pass along valuable advice. A study from the University of Florida showed, that our elders have a wealth of knowledge which can still be reached even with memory...
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A Good Book: People with Alzheimer’s can enjoy reading too!

Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
Article from NY Times: April 22, 2010, 9:00 am Many Alzheimer’s Patients Find Comfort in Books By MILT FREUDENHEIM Familiar music can engage those with Alzheimer’s when almost nothing else can, researchers have shown. Now it appears that books written for these patients may have a similar effect. Researchers have...
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A Burger, fries and Alzheimer’s?

Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
A bacon ranch cheese burger with a side of salty French fries and 24 ounces of cool carbonated cola is a common lunch and dinner meal for millions of Americans each day. While many of us know these high calorie and fat packed meals aren’t...
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Geriatric Massage: Incidence of Dementia Could Rise with Aging Population

Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
Article from Massage Magazine: by Sharon Puszko Massage therapy offers a drug-free alternative to managing the agitation associated with dementia. Holly Cotton knows this well. Cotton has been a licensed health-care administrator since 1993 and is currently executive director of The Stratford at West Clay, a retirement community...
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Alzheimer’s Report for 2010

Posted on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
Complete Article from Alzheimer’s Weekly: There are 5.3 million Americans living with the disease and every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease. By mid-century someone will develop Alzheimer’s every 33 seconds. In 2010, there will be a half million new cases of Alzheimer’s, and...
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Sleep to be Smart!

Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
It’s still dark out when my alarm flashes the time and starts making a screeching sound that I have grown to believe is pure evil. It’s 5:30 in the morning and I need to be to work in an hour. This is the third night...
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Compassion vs. Medication

Posted on January 27, 2010 | No Comments
It is difficult for most of us to imagine what it would be like to not recognize your own sister, husband or child or to wake up and not know where you are or what year it is. Confusion, disorientation and natural frustration are emotions...
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Stroke Risk Increased in Caregivers; Help is Here

Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
Caregiving is a stressful job in most situations. A recent study, published in the journal Stroke, showed that husbands caring for ailing wives were at the highest risk of having a stroke. Approximately 767 people who provided in-home care for ailing spouses were part of...
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Cell Phone Radiation Reverses Alzheimer’s disease…in Mice

Posted on January 7, 2010 | No Comments
Today it is common place to see people roaming the mall looking like Star trek cyborgs. Nearly every person you see is either chattering away on a Bluetooth head set or obsessively tweeting on their cell phones which might as well be an extension...
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Sorry Ginko Biloba, You’re Not Helping

Posted on January 6, 2010 | No Comments
In addition to the “eat your vegetables” mantra spread by mothers world wide, “remember to take your vitamin” is a close second. As a result I grew up a Flinstone-vitamin-loving kid and eventually fell victim to supplement-itus. Annually, the news reports the benefits of...
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