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What’s the difference between dementia and Alzheimers? My great aunt was just diagnosed with dementia. I asked my mom what the difference was between dementia and Alzheimers since they seem to be the same thing to me. Does anyone have any info? A little more info…she walked out of the house at 2am and was [...]

How to deal with an Alzheimer’s patient who is starting to hit their caretakers? My grandfather has had Alzheimer’s for about 5-7 years now. He’s a stage 4 – he does not recognize anyone, but he realizes the closeness to people. He cannot form clear sentences and is always trying to leave his house. He’s [...]

About Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative brain disorder named after German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in the year 1906. Dementia is a general term used for the depicting loss of memory and other intellectual abilities which are serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s Disease: The Most Common Form [...]

ANN ARBOR, MI (PRWEB) February 22, 2006 Performance Network Theatre is pleased to announce that it will host a Benefit for the Alzheimer’s Association, Michigan Great Lakes Chapter, on Sunday, February 26, 2006. The day’s events will include a conversation with representatives of the Alzheimer’s Association and the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC), [...]

The area is the posterior cingulate of the brain, which is affected by AD in very early stages. Madison, Wis. (Vocus) July 14, 2010 Two new studies, involving a newly identified gene, show that Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed as much as 20 years before symptoms develop. The studies by [...]

Most people think there is little or nothing you can do to avoid Alzheimer’s. But scientists know this is no longer true. In fact, prominent researchers now say that our best and perhaps only hope of defeating Alzheimer’s is to prevent it. After best-selling author Jean Carper discovered that she had the major susceptibility gene [...]

Dementia/Alzheimer’s? My grandmother refuses to talk to me. It’s been a ten year process. She believes I live out of state in a town nearby her that I’ve been married since I was fifteen. I live states away from her and I’ve never been married. She is highly functional. She looks like there is nothing [...]

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Most people picture an elderly person when they hear about Alzheimer’s disease. But the truth is 5 percent of people with the disease are under the age of 65. Hear the story of a young woman who lost her father in his 40s Stopping Early Onset Alzheimer’s