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Brain food – you are what you eat

On April 25, 2013 by

By Kevin Woo, Alzheimer’s Speaks | April 25, 2013 There’s an old saying, “You are what you eat.” Dr. Neal Barnard and his family grew up eating typical Midwestern fare – meat-and-potatoes. He says that not so coincidentally many members of his family got Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia at a young age. Barnard

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Glen Campbell and Earth Day

On April 22, 2013 by

By Kevin Woo, Alzheimer’s Speaks | April 22, 2013 Today is Earth Day. It’s a day when people around the world stop and take inventory of how their actions affect the planet. Today is also Glen Campbell’s 77th birthday and it was announced that he will release a new album on August 6. The album

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Would you risk your health to travel in space?

On January 15, 2013 by

  By Kevin Woo, Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks | January 15, 2013 Cast your gaze to the heavens. Imagine would it would be like to walk on the moon. Perhaps you’re even more adventuresome and hope that someday you’ll have the chance to visit Mars, the planet that holds so much fascination for earthlings. If

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Can a diabetes drug help Alzheimer’s patients?

On December 12, 2012 by

  By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 12, 2012 Last year a drug known as AC253, which was intended to help diabetics, was pulled from clinical trials and never made it to market. But medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered that the same drug, AC253, could block the toxic

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Home Alone? Say Hello.

On December 11, 2012 by

By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 11, 2012 How do you feel when you’re lonely?  Empty?  Depressed?  Isolated?  The Amsterdam Study of the Elderly recently concluded that of the 2,000 people who participated in a recent study, 64 percent had an increased risk of the disease if they felt alone. Dr. Tjalling

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Pacemaker-like device studied in Alzheimer’s treatment

On December 6, 2012 by

  Pacemaker-like device may help stimulate memory in Alzheimer’s patients By Kevin Woo  | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 6, 2012 Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say that implanting a pacemaker, the same one that is currently being used for patients with Parkinson’s disease, may help those with Alzheimer’s. The treatment involves delivering electrical charges

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Alzheimer’s drug could stop disease early say UK researchers

On December 5, 2012 by

New Alzheimer’s drug, MK-8931, shows promise for patients By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks December 5, 2012 The United Kingdom’s Telegraph newspaper reported this morning that in early 2013 a small number of Alzheimer’s patients with mild-to-moderate stage symptoms could get access to a drug currently known as MK-8931. The drug is in

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Alzheimer’s disease living and research facility to open in 2014

On November 30, 2012 by

Abe’s Garden to open new assisted living and academic research facility in Nashville By Kevin Woo | Special to Alzheimer’s Speaks November 30, 2012 In 2014 the first assisted living facility dedicated to those with Alzheimer’s disease will open in Nashville, TN.  The facility, Abe’s Garden, will expand from a 120-bed independent and assisted living

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