The American Express Members Project has just announced the winner for 2008: Alzheimer's Disease: Early Detection Matters, submitted by American Express card member Jay Smith and the fulfilling organization, the Alzheimer's Association. This project, which received 24,101 votes, will garner $1.5 million for the project.
Early Detection Matters was initially submitted by Smith, whose wife, Patty, was diagnosed at the age of 51 after two years of uncertainty. "It took more than two years for...
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The International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease (ICAD) will be held in Chicago on July 26-31. Generally regarded as the premiere... Read more »
By Meghan Yost, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- According to recent data from the Alzheimer's Association, every 71 seconds... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than five million people in the United States have Alzheimer's disease, but a new automated magnetic resonance imaging... Read more »
Researchers say proteins found in spinal fluid may indicate whether a person will get Alzheimer's disease or not. Sometimes these proteins build up... Read more »
According to British researchers, a simple blood test may be able to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease before any symptoms appear. In a study that... Read more »
A simple finger sensor has been shown to be highly accurate at predicting a heart attack or stroke in people considered at low or moderate risk for... Read more »
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