Can Aricept Help Advanced-Stage Alzheimer’s?
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MEDICATION VIDEO: Aricept® (generic DONEPEZIL) is the world’s most popular drug for Early-stage Alzheimer’s. Does it help in Advanced-stage Alzheimer’s?
Too Many Drugs Due to Clinical Inertia
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CLINICAL INERTIA is when it’s much easier to start someone on a medication, and keep them on, than to take them off. Find out why most advanced dementia patients receive too many expensive, questionable medications.
Why I Stoppped Driving
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Bud, a strong military man, shares what bothers him the most about his dementia. See what he has to say about driving, Alzheimer’s and the new balance he has achieved regarding the things he will and won’t do.
Alzheimer’s Changes a Marriage
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Ron is making the most of his early-stage Alzheimer’s. See him share how he works with his wife to make their relationship the best that it can be.
High-Sugar Diet Impairs Brain Clearance
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A high-sugar diet causes insulin resistance in the brain, reducing neuronal debris removal. How badly can this increase neurodegeneration risk?
Guest Posts
Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s Letter: Still Relevant, Still Moving
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President Reagan hand-wrote a profound message to America, in sharing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. His words broke stigmas and myths surrounding Alzheimer’s. Watch Nancy Reagan describe that moment. Read this magnificent letter.
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A Holiday to Remember
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Watch this heartwarming story about a woman’s holiday journey. She gifts her grandmother with Alzheimer’s the memories from years past. All told from the front-seat of a classic Chevrolet Suburban.
Welcome
This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chaffe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. With a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia appearing on the internet every 7 minutes, the site’s focus on the best information has been a help to many over the past 15 years. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor
Welcome
This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chaffe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. With a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia appearing on the internet every 7 minutes, the site’s focus on the best information has been a help to many over the past 15 years. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor
What is it?
Diagnosis
Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s Letter: Still Relevant, Still Moving
November 23, 2023
President Reagan hand-wrote a profound message to America, in sharing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. His words broke stigmas and myths surrounding Alzheimer’s. Watch Nancy Reagan describe that moment. Read this magnificent letter.
Handheld Wireless Biosensor Accurately Detects Alzheimer’s
November 15, 2023
The Biosensor is as accurate as state-of-the-art testing methods and will allow testing at home. Next step: test saliva and urine samples.
Ask for an Ultrasound Screening to Cut Vascular Dementia Risk in Half
November 8, 2023
Atherosclerotic plaque triggers vascular dementia. Ultrasound easily detects it and could cut rates in half. Learn how.
Amyloid PET Scan Coverage Approved at Last
November 5, 2023
Amyloid Scans diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s, at a hefty price. 11 years after FDA approval, Medicare can finally help.
Quality of Life
Alzheimer’s Changes a Marriage
December 1, 2023
Getting Up & Going with Early Alzheimer’s
November 12, 2023
Doing Something About It
Diet & Prevention
DDT Pesticide Linked to Alzheimer’s
November 30, 2023
People with Alzheimer’s average four times normal DDE blood levels (from DDT). Learn how DDT pesticide, still used outside the USA, causes this health threat. Learn foods to avoid and diets to follow.
6 Tips Reduce Female Stroke Risk
November 27, 2023
Vascular dementia is a common dementia, often brought on by stroke. Check out strategies to prevent stroke in women.
400,000 People Show Delaying Retirement Delays Dementia
November 24, 2023
French researchers conclude delaying retirement can delay dementia in a big way. Learn why.
High-Sugar Diet Impairs Brain Clearance
November 24, 2023
A high-sugar diet causes insulin resistance in the brain, reducing neuronal debris removal. How badly can this increase neurodegeneration risk?
Magnesium-Rich Pumpkin Pie
November 22, 2023
THANKSGIVING BRAIN RECIPE: Make your pumpkin-pie a brain-healthy magnesium-pie. Try this “cognitively-correct” dish for dinner.
Brain-Healthy Curry Chickpea Wraps
November 17, 2023
Turmeric, a main ingredient in curry, is the spice of choice in fighting and preventing dementia. It’s popular in India, which has one of the world’s lowest rates of dementia. Try this delicious curry-filled wrap.
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Progressing to a Cure
Research
Can Hearing Aids Diminish Dementia?
Hearing loss and dementia may be linked, but there is a silver lining here.
CLR01 Beats Curcumin in Blocking Alzheimer’s
CLR01, a “molecular tweezer”, keeps brain proteins from the clumping, or aggregating, that causes Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s dementia. Find out why CLR01 has strong potential as a new treatment.
Gene Allele DR4 Fends off Alzheimer’s AND Parkinson’s
“The night after we found that out, I couldn’t sleep,” said Senior Researcher Dr. Emmanuel Mignot. 1 in 5 people have DR4.
Is Alzheimer’s Catchy?
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
Unpacking Ways to Help Dementia
Treatments & Therapies
Beware of Common Anticholinergic Drugs
MEMORY & THINKING are activated by acetyl-choline. Alzheimer’s drugs boost acetyl-choline. Other medications, from allergy to insomnia drugs, may be anti-cholinergic, lowering acetyl-choline. This can spell trouble in dementia. Learn which drugs to avoid and what to look out for.
Talk Therapy for Dementia
Talk therapy may improve symptoms of depression for people with dementia, providing hope for those who typically do not benefit from antidepressant medication.
PrecivityAD™ Blood Test Helps Diagnose Alzheimer’s
Research shows that a blood test now on the market accurately identifies brain amyloid status with a single blood sample. In other words, this blood test can diagnose Alzheimer’s.
Books Help You Understand
Tips, Insights & Helpful Guides
Caregivers
Alzheimer’s Changes a Marriage
Ron is making the most of his early-stage Alzheimer’s. See him share how he works with his wife to make their relationship the best that it can be.
December 1, 2023
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DDT Pesticide Linked to Alzheimer’s
People with Alzheimer’s average four times normal DDE blood levels (from DDT). Learn how DDT pesticide, still used outside the USA, causes this health threat. Learn foods to avoid and diets to follow.
November 30, 2023
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A Holiday to Remember
Watch this heartwarming story about a woman’s holiday journey. She gifts her grandmother with Alzheimer’s the memories from years past. All told from the front-seat of a classic Chevrolet Suburban.
November 29, 2023
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6 Tips Reduce Female Stroke Risk
Vascular dementia is a common dementia, often brought on by stroke. Check out strategies to prevent stroke in women.
November 27, 2023
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Love & Truth
Understanding the Experience
Just what is a loved one with dementia going through? This virtual Alzheimer’s tour reveals more than you ever imagined.
Inspiring & Uplifting
Film & Songs
A Holiday to Remember
November 29, 2023
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Watch this heartwarming story about a woman’s holiday journey. She gifts her grandmother with Alzheimer’s the memories from years past. All told from the front-seat of a classic Chevrolet Suburban.
A Big Thanksgiving Laugh from A Little Old Lady
November 20, 2023
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING – FUNNY VIDEO: Mary Maxwell, a diminutive “little old lady,” shines a very funny light on the foibles of aging, to the delight of an audience filled with senior-care experts.
Bring Music to a Million People with Dementia
November 14, 2023
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“Alive Inside” is a fascinating movie on music bridging past and present in dementia. Katie Couric talks with the personalities behind this breakthrough film.