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May 17, 2015
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Seniors Learn How to Live with Alzheimer’s from Superstar Glen Campbell
May 17, 2015
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VIDEO: Memory facility residents are learning how country music legend Glen Campbell is living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Brivaracetam for Epilepsy Reverses Azheimer’s in the Lab
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VIDEO + ARTICLE: A new epilepsy drug could be used to treat Alzheimer’s patients. Find out about this new experimental approach.
Formidable Rosette Dances Her Dementia Away
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MUSIC VIDEO: Watch “Formidable Rosette”, a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother dancing to forget dementia.
3 Medical Updates for Dementia
May 3, 2015
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The American Geriatrics Society updated recommendations for doctors treating people with dementia. These include adjusting prescriptions of Alzheimer’s drugs if the desired effect is not
The Latest on Alzheimer’s Trials
May 3, 2015
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150 Alzheimer’s clinical trials are looking for volunteers in the USA. They are trying out the newest drugs and therapies on 70,000 people with various
Managing Dementia’s Behaviors
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BOOK OF THE WEEK: Here’s a short, easy-to-read primer on caring for and talking with difficult people who have dementia. It is written by the
Senator Elizabeth Warren Points Fiery Finger at Congress on Alzheimer’s Funding
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Lively Wrist Watch Helps People with Dementia Live in Their Own Home
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Kim Discusses Husband Glenn Campbell’s Fight with Alzheimer’s
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VIDEO: World-famous singer Glenn Campbell is living with Alzheimer’s at a memory support facility in Nashville. See Kim Campbell discuss her family’s team effort to
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