Alzheimer's in the News
31-Jul-2008
Markers in Blood and Spinal Fluid, and a New Imaging Agent, Show Promise for Early Detection of Alzheimer's (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
With the continued aging of the population and the growing epidemic of alzheimers, early detection of the disease is crucial for risk assessment, testing new therapies, and eventual early intervention with better drugs, once they are developed. Four studies reported today at the alzheimers Associations 2008 International Conference on alzheimers Disease (ICAD 2008) in Chicago bring us closer to ...
New Treatment Halts Progress Of Alzheimer's Disease (Bernama)
SINGAPORE, July 30 (Bernama) -- A Singapore- based company and a British university have jointly made a major breakthrough in the treatment of alzheimers disease where it could slow down the progress of the disorder by more than 80 per cent over a year.
Drugs May Prevent Alzheimers Before Onset (WLNS Lansing)
Reduce onset by 50%.
Tri-County Community Calendar for July 23 (Tri-County Journal)
Etc. DESERT ISLAND LUAU: 10 a.m. TODAY (WEDNESDAY, JULY 23), Route 66 Senior Citizen Center, 500 N. Central Ave., Eureka. Lunch reservations requested. Info: (636) 938-5525.
Tri-County Community Calendar for July 30, 2008 (Tri-County Journal)
Etc. BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH: 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, AUG. 8, Eureka City Hall, 100 City Hall Drive. No cost to attend. Info: (636) 938-6775.
News Brief: Earlier detection of Alzheimer's possible (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Researchers at the Penn School of Medicine have discovered two ways to detect the changes indicative of Alzheimer's disease onset before symptoms are apparent.
Missing Alzheimers Patient Found in a Ditch (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
A Madison County Sheriff's deputy found a missing elderly woman in a wooded area on Hawthorne Blvd. in Alton The deputy discovered Betty Campion about a half mile from her home. The Alton woman was missing at least 7 hours before a sheriff's deputy found her lying in a ditch.
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