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Living with Alzheimer's Diease

Facts about Alzheimer's DiseaseAlzheimer’s disease, also known as dementia, is a severe brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to live a regular life. Alzheimer’s disease affects areas of the brain such as thought, language, and ...

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Alzheimer's nursing care

Hi, My mother has Alzheimer's Disease. She is 82 and it has gotten very severe. She has been living with my ...

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Sniffing insulin may help memory lost to Alzheimer's

... insulin up the noses of patients with early forms of Alzheimer's disease showed signs of improving their memory, U.S. researchers said on ...

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Prevent Alzheimer’s With The Mediterranean Diet

Preventing Alzheimer’s disease may be as simple as sipping the wine and passing the olives, according ... products translated to a decreased risk of contracting Alzheimer’s – up to 40%. ...

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Association Found Between Alzheimer's and Anemia

TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease may be linked to an increased risk of anemia, new study findings ...

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Updated Alzheimer's guidelines add very early stage

Proposed new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's released on Tuesday would look at the disease at its earliest stages, when clumps of a protein called amyloid are ...

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Emotions May Be Blunted in Alzheimer's Patients

TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with Alzheimer's disease often can seem withdrawn and apathetic, symptoms frequently ...

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Alzheimer's advances show need for better drugs

... are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer's disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting ...

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Avid amyloid tracer hits target in Alzheimer's study

... a toxic protein that light up in the brain of people with Alzheimer's disease are present in an autopsy after they die, U.S. researchers said on ...

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Scientists find blood protein link to Alzheimer's

... protein called clusterin are linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, scientists said on Monday -- a finding which could pave the way for ...

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Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug

Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades?

Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.

Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

Health Highlights: July 29, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

EMS systems catch cardiac arrests, and a lot more

San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.

Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin
D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for
heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the
problem, a new study has found.

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby

New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug.