Stories tagged "alzheimer"

La aprobación de la FDA del fármaco Parche Exelon se fundamentó en los datos del ensayo IDEAL, el cual examinó al fármaco en el tratamiento de casi 1.200 pacientes sufriendo formas leves a moderadas de la enfermedad de Alzheimer.

Best selling author Terry Pratchett, has called on politicians to increase much needed funding into dementia care and research. Today (29th September 2008) at the Conservative Party Conference, he spoke of his experiences of Alzheimer’s,

On 29th September 2008, Managing Director of Barchester Healthcare, Tim Hammond, will be speaking at the Conservative Party Conference on the subject of social care.

Rarely have we heard Alzheimer’s singled out in such an important speech. With the numbers of people living with dementia set to rise to over a million in the next 15 years, the need to find new cures and treatments could not be greater.

Names, phone numbers, directions - it can be a struggle to remember. Digital technology could soon make forgetfulness a thing of the past, but do we really want that?

What is dementia?It is descriptive term for a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of disorders that affect the brain.

Based on research studies, The best way to prevent Alzheimer' disease is to actually prevent it from having.

The risk of developing this degenerative brain disorder steadily increases with age. It significantly impairs only three percent of the population at age 65, but affects nearly half the population by age 85.

One day, my Father went across the street. He was lost for 2 hours. Walking around lost. He could see the house from where he was, but he was lost. My mother could see him, but just thought that he was walking around. When he came back he was terrified.

People with early Alzheimer's disease who had better fitness ratings had less atrophy in key brain areas associated with memory, according to research reported today at the 2008 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD