Stories tagged "alzheimer"

When David Bunnell, a magazine publisher who lives in Berkeley, Calif., went to a FedEx store to send a package a few years ago, he suddenly drew a blank as he was filling out the forms.

Alzheimer's disease -- what it is, warning signs, diagnosis and causes. They need help.

Study shows getting a big belly in midlife ups risk of dementia later in life.

An injection that dramatically relieved the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease within minutes would qualify as the discovery of the decade. That is exactly what was claimed yesterday for an experimental treatment being tested in America.

"Citrus and other sources of Vitamin C can help fend off cancer, strokes and Alzheimer's disease."

On 11 December 2007 author Terry Pratchett announced online and with glorious good humour that he’d been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease.

An extraordinary new scientific study documents a dramatic and unprecedented therapeutic effect in an Alzheimer's patient: improvement within minutes following delivery of perispinal etanercept, which is etanercept given by injection in the spine.

Colonies of tiny cells flourishing in petri dishes in the US and Japan are reshaping the political and ethical landscape surrounding human stem-cell research.

The voice-over community is getting together for a benefit supporting Alzheimer's research. The "Movie Trailer Guy" Don LaFontaine will be there, among other TV and Broadway stars.

Tens of thousands of sufferers from early stage Alzheimer's disease had their hopes of treatment raised yesterday after the pharmaceutical industry scored its first victory in a three-year battle with an NHS drugs watchdog over access to the drugs.