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March 11, 2015 No Comments

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: 60% of people with Alzheimer’s lose visual capacity and 40% lose weight. A Boston University Alzheimer’s study showed bright red tableware

International Space Station Attempting to Pinpoint the Cause of Alzheimer’s

March 8, 2015 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE: Earth’s gravity causes Alzheimer’s fibers to settle in the lab, before they can tangle. This is a big block in the search

Checking in on the Pat Summitt Clinic’s Progress

March 8, 2015 No Comments

VIDEO & ARTICLE: While battling dementia, the most successful basketball coach in history opened the Pat Summitt Alzheimer’s Clinic. See how it’s becoming a huge

A Bold New Venture Accelerates Alzheimer’s Drug Development

March 8, 2015 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) is a bold new venture among the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 10 biopharmaceutical companies, and several

SILK Blood Test Can Catch Alzheimer’s Sooner

March 5, 2015 11 Comments

The Stable Isotope Labeling Kinetics (SILK™) blood test can catch Alzheimer’s years before signs appear. Learn about this important advance for prevention, treatment and research.

Cholesterol Triggers Alzheimer’s via 3 Copies of Chromose #21

March 2, 2015 No Comments

LDL cholesterol is nicknamed “bad cholesterol”. It adversely effects cell division. This bad cell division causes human cells to carry a 3rd copy of chromosome

The A4 Study to Prevent Alzheimer’s: Now is the Time

March 1, 2015 1 Comment

VIDEO + ARTICLE: The A4 Study is a cutting-edge trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s. The clinical trial is testing healthy adults who are at risk

Cotinine is “Like a Booster” for Aricept

February 22, 2015 No Comments

Find out how cotinine boosted Aricept’s ability to improve learning and memory. (Aricept is the most popular Alzheimer’s drug. Cotinine is produced by the body when a person wears a nicotine patch. )

Power Of Touch Brings Wife Back From Alzheimer’s

February 20, 2015 4 Comments

VIDEO: There’s not much research about the power of touch in Alzheimer’s. Notwithstanding, one nursing home’s staff say Sol & Rita are all the proof

48% Cut in Antipsychotics Improves Dementia Care

February 18, 2015 No Comments

ARTICLE + FREE 20-PAGE BOOKLET: The PEARL Dementia Care Program dramatically cut antipsychotics in care homes an average of 48%, with one home’s reduction exceeding

People with Dementia Debunk 5 Common Myths

June 4, 2025

Does dementia always begin with memory loss? Three people living with dementia reveal common misconceptions about their diagnoses.

Common Sleep Aid Blocks 40% More Alzheimer’s Tau

June 3, 2025

Sleep aid lemborexant (better known by its brand name Dayvigo) showed 40% more hippocampal brain volume than other drugs.

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Magnesium’s Importance to Brain Health

June 3, 2025

DIET: MAGNESIUM appears to do a lot to maintain brain health, prevent cognitive impairment (CI), and fight Alzheimer’s. Learn how.

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Big Cup, Little Man: Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s

SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.

85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

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?

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

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?