PROGRESS – VIDEO & ARTICLE: A handful of Alzheimer’s patients signed up for a bold experiment: They let scientists beam sound waves into the brain
MEDICATION VIDEO + TRANSCRIPT: 9,000 Alzheimer’s patients treat their Alzheimer’s with galanthamine made of daffodils from Kevin’s farm. See why.
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.
NEWS VIDEO + ARTICLE: IBM and Pfizer are joining forces to innovate exciting hi-tech care solutions for people with brain disease. The experiment will use
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
VIDEO & ARTICLE Stroke causes vascular dementia. Strokefinder enables earlier diagnosis than current methods, improving the possibility to counteract brain damage. See how.
If your loved one asks a little too often, “What’s the time?” “What day is it?”, easily solve the problem with these Battery-Operated Dementia-Calendar-Clocks. No wires, hang them on any wall, stand them on any table.
Why can vision loss come before memory loss in 10% of Alzheimer’s? A new study shows Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), a type of Alzheimer’s, distributes proteins differently.
VIDEO: Vascular neglect triggers Alzheimer’s decades before symptoms appear. See how to use that knowledge to lower risk and slow its advance.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
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.
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This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor