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) Nitrates from food additives, fertilisers linked to Alzheimer's
United States statistics show that the risk of an 85-year-old American dying from Alzheimers Disease has increased nearly 200-fold since 1960, with similar devastating trends across the rest of the developed world showing no signs of plateauing.“It's ridiculous," said Dr Suzanne de la Monte of Rhode Island Hospital in the United States, who with a team of researchers investigated whether the rapid rise in certain diseases could be explained by environmental exposure.
“It beats all the charts. What could have possibly changed?"
Dr de la Monte, a regular visitor to China, said prior to about 1980 the brains of deceased Chinese aged 50-100 showed no signs of degeneration. Now the Chinese are also beginning to show the classic signs of damage associated with Alzheimers. More>>
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) Coastathon makes a difference for Alzheimer's
Members and staff of The Connemara Coast Hotel who took part in a fundraising Coastathon at the weekend to raise money for Western Alzheimer’s and Focus Ireland. Pictured are ( back row l-r) Shane Clancy, Vincent Kelly, Michael Mullally, Julie Kilmartin and Padraig Timon. Front (l-r) Duirmuid Keady, Elaine Mellott, Collett Timon, Katie Kilbane and Michael McDonagh. Photo:-Mike Shaughnessy . More>> - (
) Church prepares for ambitious arts festival
The event is to raise funds to support All Saints Church and the Alzheimer's Centre at Leighton Hospital. Admission will be £1 which includes a programme. Children go free.For more information visit the website at www.allsaintsandstpeters.org.uk or call 01270 560310.
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) Free seminar on Alzheimer's Care offered
The Massachusetts Alzheimer's Association, the West Suburban Area Alzheimer's Partnership, and the Newton Free Library invite the public to learn about the latest research and interesting information on Alzheimer's disease. Sumer Verma, M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine and Lynn Lazarus Serper Ed.D. will present about new strategies to manage and treat dementia.The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 24, at 9:30 a.m to noon at the Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium. 330 Homer St., Newton. Directions are available at www.newtonfreelibrary.net. For more information and to RSVP call Claire Henry at 617-831-2770; chenry@newtonhcc.com.
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) An unbreakable love
While it is a wonderfully romantic story, all was not smooth sailing for the couple: June was diagnosed with an early onset of Alzheimer's disease at age 50.During his wife's 17-year battle, Fuerst cared for her and kept notes on his experiences. His notes, however, were the start of something much bigger than just his story—he turned them into a book titled “Alzheimer's Care with Dignity"—and now they benefit millions affected by this disease each year.
“I started taking notes just so that I could have all the information I might need right at my fingertips," said Fuerst. “I wound up with four filed drawers of notes, and I figured someone could really benefit from them. I would say my book kind of wrote itself from the inside out."
Upon hearing of his wife's diagnosis, Fuerst resolved to learn all he could about Alzheimer's and read about 90 books on the disease. More>>