VIDEO & ARTICLE In trials, the most effective Alzheimer’s treatment so far is IVIG. At $50,000 per year, learn how scientists hope to bring down
Learn how Medicare has just added payment for more dementia therapy. Previously, therapy had to improve a condition. Now, maintaining it or even preventing & slowing deterioration are covered.
VIDEO Watch this Wall Street Journal interview on why Dr. Wischik sees tau as a more worthwhile anti-Alzheimer’s target than plaque. Learn more about TauRx’
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EMERGENCIES due to falling happen 54% more often in dementia. As a rule, 1-in-3 adults over 65 fall each year. Most falls happen at home. Make a few simple changes and prevent falls.
Researchers find that a diet including more fruit, vegetables, beans and tea or coffee lowers the risk of developing dementia later in life. Learn more.
Researchers find education and intellectual stimulation appear to activate a genetic program in the brain that promotes resistance to cognitive decline. Find out more.
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?
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.
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