Researchers are working on a new tool that can be used in primary care settings to scan electronic health records for missed dementia cases, to
PROGRESS – VIDEO & ARTICLE: A handful of Alzheimer’s patients signed up for a bold experiment: They let scientists beam sound waves into the brain
TECHNOLOGY VIDEO: See how one woman used the “CITIZEN” app to help save a stranger suffering from dementia. CBS2’s Ali Bauman reports.
DEMENTIA-TECH VIDEO: New “Purple Alert” is a free app designed to help communities rescue people from wandering with dementia. Over 60% of people with dementia
FRESH IDEAS: A “Memory Coat” solves common memory problems: recognizing your jacket, remembering the keys, closing the jacket and finding the way back home. Learn
VIDEO + ARTICLE: It was impossible to examine living brain cells hit by Alzheimer’s – until now. See how large-scale production of live neurons enables
VIDEO: Taking the concept of a dementia village to the next level, Whare Aroha CARE is putting into place their new “CARE Village” at Ngongotaha,
VIDEO + ARTICLE: New 3D imaging technology is uncovering Alzheimer’s hard-to-solve secrets. See how sheets of light are shedding light on curing Alzheimer’s.
VIDEO + ARTICLE: Diagnostic technology is a powerful weapon in the fight against dementia. Find out how a new map of the ageing brain will
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK VIDEO & ARTICLE: One press of Lively’s orange button gets help from friends, family or 911. The new waterproof watch for
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.
Atherosclerotic plaque triggers vascular dementia. Ultrasound easily detects it and could cut rates in half. Learn how.
Music’s effect on the brain fascinated neurologist Oliver Sacks, MD. His research led him to helping people with Alzheimer’s. Watch this best-selling author share how dementia, without exception, responds to music.
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.
TEEPA CARE VIDEO: Learn about Alzheimer’s 6 stages. Teepa Snow shows what to expect, while keeping the focus on the person for whom you care.
Melvyn Amrine may not have remembered the details of his life since his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, but he sure proved that his love for his wife transcended memory.
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