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.
Elderly Americans are the most likely citizens to own a gun AND the most likely patients to have dementia. How great is the danger? What should be done?
"Alive Inside" is a fascinating movie on music bridging past and present in dementia. Katie Couric talks with the personalities behind this breakthrough film.
DIET VIDEO: The Nigerian Paradox wonders: Why are Alzheimer’s rates low in Nigeria, despite dangerous "Alzheimer’s gene" rates? Does Nigeria's diet hold the key?
See how Bob's walking, talking, painting, getting up and going attitude makes him feel that, despite Alzheimer's, there's still a lot of good living to do.
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.
Mad Cow Disease spreads vCJD dementia. In this key study, a non-invasive urine sample test picked it up. Find out how this may stop vCJD in its tracks.
See how The Virtual Forest Project lifts people with dementia.
Damon McLeese is teaching Alzheimer’s patients to leverage their power to forget, by forgetting to "stay within the lines," using graffiti. See Damon tell the heartwarming story of his latest collaboration.
CURCUMIN (FROM TURMERIC) destroys Alzheimer's plaque. Japanese researchers are developing an atomizer that generates a curcumin aerosol to get it past the blood-brain barrier barrier. Find out more.
