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What is Alzheimer’s disease?

January 15, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

In 2019, an estimated 5.8 million Americans of all ages are living with Alzheimer’s dementia. This number includes an estimated

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Alzheimer's/Dementia Part D/Prescription Drugs 

A drug that targets beta amyloid has slowed cognitive and functional decline

January 12, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

According to the results of a small, mid-stage clinical trial, it found a drug that targets beta amyloid has slowed

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Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia Health Care - General 

Exercise is important for maintaining thinking skills

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

A new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found that getting at least an hour and 15 minutes

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Alzheimer's/Dementia Emerging Health Issues 

How COVID-19 Attacks The Brain And May Cause Lasting Damage

January 6, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Early in the pandemic, people with COVID-19 began reporting an odd symptom: the loss of

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Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia 

Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s

January 5, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease and the most common form of dementia. Dementia is not a specific disease

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Alzheimer's/Dementia 

Fibromyalgia patients showed no evidence of cognitive decline

December 28, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain accompanied by symptoms such as depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and fatigue.

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Alzheimer's/Dementia 

Warning signs of Alzheimer’s to look for

December 23, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with

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Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia 

Alzheimer’s Inc.: Colleagues Question Scientist’s Pricey Recipe Against Memory Loss

December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Linda Marsa for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) When her husband was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

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Alzheimer's/Dementia 

Picturing the ‘patience, love, and devotion’ of Alzheimer’s care

December 15, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Alissa Ambrose for STAT) Alzheimer’s disease runs in photographer Jalal Shamsazaran’s family: his aunt, grandfather, and father, Majid, all

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Alzheimer's/Dementia 

Individuals with ADRD were associated with adverse financial events

December 7, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

A recent study found single Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) were more likely to make late

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