Whistleblower Suit Involving Alzheimer's Grant to ProceedMedscapeMay 17, 2012 — In reversing a lower court's decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that a whistleblower lawsuit brought against 2 Boston hospitals and 2 Alzheimer's disease (AD) researchers accused of falsifying data to obtain a National ...
Avraham Pharmaceuticals Announces Commencement of a Phase 2 Study of ...MarketWatch (press release)In parallel, Avraham Pharmaceuticals has also completed the enrollment of 200 patients in a Phase 2 trial of ladostigil, a novel molecule for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The Phase 2 study is a double-blind, closed-label, ...and more »
USA TODAYDiagnosis of Alzheimer's isn't always accurateUSA TODAYThe project, called the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, has been under way since 1991 and focused on the precise brain changes linked to Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Pathologists examined the brains of 852 men born between 1900 and 1919, ...and more »
Alzheimer's patients, caregivers get helpEagle TribuneBy Paul Tennant ptennant@eagletribune.com Nobody wants to spend his or her last years suffering from Alzheimer's disease, losing memory until not knowing who he or she is. Jack Buckley, 87, of Newburyport, who attends the monthly Alzheimer's support ...
Obama's healthcare goals have been controversial at best, and although anti-smoking campaigns and other public health and safety awareness drives have been successful, it's always somewhat dubious when government starts creating grand plans and lofty goals...
Setting A Deadline for Alzheimer's DiseaseWJBF-TVThey'll spend millions more to look at prevention, stopping Alzheimer's before it starts. A groundbreaking study of an extended family five thousand people in Columbia, South America: they have a rare gene that virtually guarantees Alzheimer's Disease ...
WSET.com - ABC13TB patient charged in Calif. for not taking medsWSETLook for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease - by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is... Look for a fundamental shift in ...and more »
Free Alzheimer's care trainingLongview News-JournalA local home care office is offering to help families in Smith and Wood Counties manage the challenges of Alzheimer's and other dementias, diseases that eventually rob seniors of their memories and independence. Free training for families caring for ...Free program to aid dementia caregivers plannedPittsburgh Post Gazetteall 7 news articles »
Should teen football players be tested for Alzheimer's gene?msnbc.com (blog)By Robert Bazell, Chief science and medical correspondent, NBC News Should high school kids get a genetic test for the risk for Alzheimer's disease before they're allowed to play football? Two prominent scientists who study both Alzheimer's and the ...
Should high school kids get a genetic test for the risk for Alzheimer’s disease before they’re allowed to play football? Two prominent scientists who study both Alzheimer’s and the traumatic brain injury suffered by some football players raise that ethically charged question in an editorial out Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Public seminar on Alzheimer's Disease set for May 22 in OracleCopper Basin NewsOracle, AZ—On Tuesday, May 22, from noon to 3:30 pm, the public is invited to attend an important seminar and workshop titled “How to Overcome and Prevent Mild and Moderate Alzheimer's Disease without Harmful Drugs” to be held at the Oracle Community ...