- (
) Silver Alert Proves Successful
The program is designed to locate missing elderly people who have Dementia or Alzheimers.The Victoria Police Department received a call around 2:45 Sunday morning from a concerned family member reporting that an elderly woman diagnosed with Demenia who left her home late Saturday night had not returned.
Police filed the proper paper work with the state and a Silver Alert was issued for the Victoria resident. TXDot message boards and alerts went out all over the state of Texas. The woman was later found in Bayside, that's about 60 miles from Victoria, in between Corpus Christi and Refugio at a convenient store after a person saw the alert and notified Corpus Christi DPS. The Victoria Police Department says very rarely do they issue these alerts, but the safe return of the woman is a testament that the program does work. More>>
- (
) New progress in Alzheimer treatment
Alzheimer's Associations are hoping that the identification of three new genes linked to this illness could be a major step forward in the treatment of the condition.In a press conference today, the executive director of the Spanish Confederation of Families of Alzheimer Sufferers (CEAFA), Jes�s Rodrigo, described the news as 'very positive' and said that the new investigative paths being followed could only mean that 'we are closer than ever to a solution to this problem'.
The new study carried out by two teams of scientists, one led by France but with Spaniards on board and the other in the UK, involved 16,000 patients, which suggests that 'in the medium or long term it will reap useful results'.
Rodrigo did however advise caution, saying it was 'far too early yet to crack open the champagne' and that it 'would be wrong to raise people's hopes since the research had not yet led to any positive clinical results'. More>>
- (
) Joan Aragone: New books shows day in the life of your brain
Horstman also considers the sweeping effects of light deprivation on brain function and ties it to research on Alzheimer's patients and studies of low levels of lighting in many skilled nursing facilities.For all its credibility and value, the book — available in stores or online — is an entertaining, informative read, not a mind-numbing tome.
"I wanted to write a book my 13-year-old granddaughter could understand but that a neuroscientist would enjoy," Sacramento-based Horstman said in an interview.
She has succeeded, beautifully.
For comments or story ideas, call 650-348-4332 or e-mail joanaragone@yahoo.com. . More>> - (
) Vital role in new Alzheimer's discovery
The results from the largest ever Alzheimer's genome-wide association study (GWAS) have been described by the Alzheimer's Research Trust as a leap forward for dementia research and could provide valuable new leads in the race to find treatments and possible cures for the disease. . More>> - (
) Ohio to Lead Nation in Alzheimer's Cases
More than 200 volunteers hit the pavement in Boardman Saturday to help raise awareness for Alzheimer's disease.Walkers in Boardman Park joined volunteers across the country for Memory Walk, the nation's largest Alzheimer's fundraiser. As many as five-million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, and organizers at Saturday's event say Ohio could soon be leading the country in new cases of this debilitating disease. "The baby boomers, it's expected to hit astronomical amounts by 2010. So, in Ohio, the greater northeast area, has the biggest population of people with dementia and Alzheimer's," explains Allyson Clark with the Alzheimer's Association.All the money raised Saturday will stay in the community to offer free services to patients suffering from the disease.
. More>>