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400,000 People Show Delaying Retirement Delays Dementia

December 5, 2023 4 Comments

Delaying retirement can delay dementia in a big way. Learn why.

Can Aricept Help Advanced-Stage Alzheimer’s?

December 4, 2023 3 Comments

MEDICATION VIDEO: Aricept® (generic DONEPEZIL) is the world’s most popular drug for Early-stage Alzheimer’s. Does it help in Advanced-stage Alzheimer’s?

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Too Many Drugs Due to Clinical Inertia

December 4, 2023 No Comments

CLINICAL INERTIA is when it’s much easier to start someone on a medication, and keep them on, than to take them off. Find out why most advanced dementia patients receive too many expensive, questionable medications.

Why I Stoppped Driving

December 4, 2023 No Comments

Bud, a strong military man, shares what bothers him the most about his dementia. See what he has to say about driving, Alzheimer’s and the new balance he has achieved regarding the things he will and won’t do.

Alzheimer’s Changes a Marriage

December 1, 2023 1 Comment

Ron is making the most of his early-stage Alzheimer’s. See him share how he works with his wife to make their relationship the best that it can be.

DDT Pesticide Linked to Alzheimer’s

November 30, 2023 No Comments

People with Alzheimer’s average four times normal DDE blood levels (from DDT). Learn how DDT pesticide, still used outside the USA, causes this health threat. Learn foods to avoid and diets to follow.

High-Sugar Diet Impairs Brain Clearance

November 24, 2023 1 Comment

A high-sugar diet causes insulin resistance in the brain, reducing neuronal debris removal. How badly can this increase neurodegeneration risk?

Leqembi: An Alzheimer’s Drug Worth Rooting For?

November 16, 2023 No Comments

At long last, we finally have a disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer’s. The FDA recently approved a new drug that promises to slow the progression of the disease. Only five Alzheimer’s treatments have been approved by the FDA up until a decade ago, and this is only the second to address the progression of the disease.

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Handheld Wireless Biosensor Accurately Detects Alzheimer’s

November 15, 2023 3 Comments

The Biosensor is as accurate as state-of-the-art testing methods and will allow testing at home. Next step: test saliva and urine samples.

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Guns & Dementia

November 15, 2023 5 Comments

Elderly Americans are the most likely citizens to own a gun AND the most likely patients to have dementia. How great is the danger? What should be done?

Leqembi: Europe Checks It’s Safety; U.S. Approves Monthly Doses

February 3, 2025

The EMA has announced its schedule for reviewing the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (lecanemab) for use in Europe. Meanwhile, the U.S. FDA, which already approved the drug, is moving ahead with a new version that doses Leqembi in a better, more convenient fashion for those taking the drug over the long run.

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Three Messages for a Smooth Move to Memory Care

February 2, 2025

You’ve made the difficult, necessary decision to move someone you love into a “Memory Care” dementia-care community. What are you supposed to SAY to them? How do you tell them they have to move? Here is a proven, three-prong approach to keep you out of hot water and save you both a lot of heartache.

6 Activities to Delay Dementia by 5 Years

February 2, 2025

Learn the latest research at Rush University on dementia-preventing activities that keep your brain refreshingly healthy.

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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?