Support groups 

Posted March 31, 2006 by Brian

Support groups 
Lung cancer support group: Call for meeting location, day and time. (916) 734-8299. Bereavement support group, for grieving persons only: 7:30-9 p.m., Sutter Center for Psychiatry, 7700 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento. (916) 557-5882.

Interactive Human Atlas:

Posted March 31, 2006 by Brian

Interactive Human Atlas:
KFVS12 – Abdominal Aneurism Achilled Tendon Tear ACL Tear Acne ADHD Allergies AIDS Alzheimers Disease Amniocentesis Angioplasty Ankylosing Spondylitis Anthrax Appendicitis Assisted Delivery Asthma Astigmatism Atrial Fibrillation Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

Alzheimer’s May Be Diabetes-Like Illness 

Posted March 30, 2006 by Brian

Alzheimer’s May Be Diabetes-Like Illness 
FRIDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) — Giving more weight to the notion that Alzheimer’s may be a diabetes-like disease, researchers say rats depleted of insulin in the brain went on to develop an Alzheimer’s-like illness.

New Tools Developed For Studying Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders

Posted March 29, 2006 by Brian

New Tools Developed For Studying Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders
Science Daily – Penn State researchers have created an elegantly simple model of an axon–the extension of a neuron that communicates with other neurons–and have used this model to reproduce a change in the axon’s shape that is characteristic of neurodegenerative

Novel Nasal Vaccine is Effective in Treating Mouse Model …

Posted March 28, 2006 by Brian

Novel Nasal Vaccine is Effective in Treating Mouse Model …
eMaxHealth.com, NC - Mar 26, 2006Continuing a long-standing history in Alzheimer’s disease-related study, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in an effort to better understand …

Insulin May Hold Key To Alzheimer’s Cure

Posted March 27, 2006 by Brian

Insulin May Hold Key To Alzheimer’s Cure
Turn to 10.com, RI - Mar 23, 2006PROVIDENCE — Researchers are getting closer to better treatments and more targeted treatments that could eventually lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. …

Enzyme Slows Alzheimer’s Disease 

Posted March 27, 2006 by Brian

Enzyme Slows Alzheimer’s Disease 
WEDNESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) — New research finds that a natural enzyme may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease onset. Scientists had already known that the enzyme, called Pin1, blocks the formation of tangle-like lesions (tau tangles) common to the brains of people with Alzheimer’s.

Denver Man With Alzheimer’s Missing

Posted March 26, 2006 by Brian

Denver Man With Alzheimer’s Missing
TheDenverChannel.com, CO - Mar 24, 2006DENVER — Denver police are also looking for a 75-year-old man with Alzheimer’s who disappeared Thursday afternoon. James Burrows …

Preserving memories

Posted March 25, 2006 by Brian

Preserving memories
The News Journal, DE - Feb 28, 2006… www.dana.org. Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Center, a service of the National Institute on Aging. www.alzheimers.org. …

Mike Baldwin leaves the Street

Posted March 24, 2006 by Brian

Mike Baldwin leaves the Street
ITV.com, UK - Mar 14, 2006… His character, Mike Baldwin, has been suffering from rapidly progressing Alzheimers disease and things recently got worse when his family had to bring him back …

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