From the department of HEART WRENCHING: News sources are reporting that Sandra Day O'Connor's husband, who suffers from Alzheimer's, has found a new girlfriend in his assisted living home in Phoenix. O'Connor and her husband met at Stanford Law, and have been married since 1952. Says Scott O'Connor, one of their 3... Read more
A new study in the Nov. 14th online edition of Neurology shows that Blacks and Hispanics live longer once diagnosed with Alzheimer's than white Americans and Asians who have also been diagnosed with the disease. Hispanics were shown to live 40% longer than whites and Asians, and blacks 15% longer. According to Kala Mehta, one... Read more
This morning I attended a panel discussion here in Washington, D.C. called "Why Are So Many People With Alzheimer's Disease Still Undiagnosed?" - where a panel of world renowned doctors, researchers, and Alzheimer's advocates discussed the importance of screening the elderly for Alzheimer's. Here are some... Read more
Hi folks! Just wanted to fill you in on a new study that reports that 2.4 million Americans, all who are over the age of 71, are living with Alzheimers Disease. This study, funded by the National Institute of Health, is the first nationwide study to be done on Alzheimer's. The previous studies were measured numbers according to tests that... Read more
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