Research Explains Why Rapamycin May Slow Aging & Alzheimer’s
A proven approach to slow the aging process and associated diseases is dietary restriction. New research helps explain the action of a drug that appears
A proven approach to slow the aging process and associated diseases is dietary restriction. New research helps explain the action of a drug that appears
Research has shown that the Parkinson’s drug, rasagiline, could be a viable therapeutic option for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Learn about the new effort to
Pramlintide (known by the brand name Symlin®, an FDA-approved diabetic drug) reduces Alzheimer’s amyloid-beta peptides in the lab. Learn how it improves learning and memory.
VIDEO & IN-DEPTH ARTICLE The largest fine in the history of prescribing antipsychotic drugs to dementia patients was handed down by The Department of Justice.
VIDEO + ARTICLE IVIG is an FDA-Approved medication. It has been prescribed off-label for Alzheimer’s. Despite recent failures in clinical trials, pharmaceutical companies and academic
Using Deep Brain Stimulation to treat Alzheimer’s is starting to take off. More patients are being added to clinical trials. Learn about the U.S. FDA’s
News on bexarotene demands explaining. In the Alzheimer’s lab, this FDA-approved anti-cancer drug improves memory. Since that is what matters to people, funding is pouring
RADIO & ARTICLE Hear Ronald Peterson, head of the U.S. government’s National Alzheimer’s Project Act, explore the results of 4 new studies on bexarotene (Brand
VIDEO & ARTICLE Bexarotene is an FDA-approved anti-cancer drug available under the brand name Targretin®. It clears Alzheimer’s biomarkers in mice like a charm. See
VIDEO See DBS turn a new, hopeful page in Alzheimer’s treatment. Learn how DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) pacemakers send electrical signals deep into the brain,
FILL A MEMORY BOX with photos and memorabilia of a person with dementia, then position it by their door. See it re-orient them, trigger conversations, make a doorway one’s own, and mostly, stimulate memories of good times.
VIDEO & ARTICLE – BOOK OF THE WEEK: CNN’s former medical correspondent has written a book on dementia containing “100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Memory Loss”. Backed by good science, see the author discuss a few of these “100 Simple Things” that help preserve thinking and memory.
It’s not that caregivers have so much time. It’s that they have so much heart.
INSPIRING MOVIE: “Still Mine” is the true story of an 87-year-old strawberry farmer & cattle rancher. Craig will do anything for his wife Irene, weakened by dementia. Fighting authorities, watch his battle to build an unauthorized dementia-friendly house on his farm.
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
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.
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