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Studies Reveal Very Early Cognitive Declines with Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
Last month, researchers Francisco Lopera and colleagues reported in the journal Lancet Neurology that they were able to capture a clear decline in cognition starting in people’s early 30s in the...
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New Guidelines for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s: What Do They Mean for You?
For the first time in 27 years, new criteria and guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease have been published by three expert workgroups spearheaded by the Alzheimer’s Association and the...
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A Potential Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
Oxidation and free radical damage are natural occurrences as our bodies are subjected to toxins and stressors from everything we encounter throughout our lifespan. When oxidation occurs, our bodies...
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Recent Developments in Amyloid Imaging
The use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease (AD) appears to be closer to becoming a clinical tool, based on results from two articles published online in the...
View ArticleGuidelines Issued for Alzheimer’s Genetic Testing
New guidelines have been developed for the field of Alzheimer’s disease. They were published in the June edition of Genetics in Medicine, and jointly issued by the American College of Medical Genetics...
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Alzheimer’s 2011: A Year in Review
As 2012 begins, I would like to review some of the highlights of the Alzheimer’s Disease world this past year, and the new directions that we will likely be heading toward in 2012. This year we saw the...
View ArticleVal’s Story: A Care Partner’s Perspective on Her Husband’s Younger-Onset...
I’m Valerie Ferrero, wife, mother and care partner. My husband Lee was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s (also known as early-onset Alzheimer’s) in November 2008. This is the beginning of my...
View ArticleLee’s Story: My Diagnosis of Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s
In 2008, at the age of 62, I was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease (also known as early-onset Alzheimer’s). Not long after, I retired after serving 23 years as the President/CEO of the...
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The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference: Balancing Hope with...
This post originally appeared on the ChicagoNow blog, “Ask Dr. Chill: Practical Answers to the Toughest Caregiving Questions.” It is being reposted here with the author’s permission. Alas, I was not...
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Medicare’s Decision on Whether to Cover Amyloid Brain PET Scans
Although the FDA approved florbetapir (Amyvid) in April 2012 as a tracer for PET scans in detecting brain amyloid, Medicare has not covered it. The test costs about $3,000 in total and some patients...
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The Journey Begins, An Excerpt from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living With...
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Brooks Adams We had known for a little more than a month before we decided to let others in on the burden our family had...
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Cooking with Alzheimer’s: Food, Family & the Nontraditional
A French writer once said that “a recipe has a hidden side, like the moon.” In every recipe there’s a little something that makes it special, and, hopefully, better. – Paula Wolfert The symptoms of...
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Dr. Knopman Talks the Latest and Greatest in Alzheimer’s Research
We asked, and you answered! Below you will find a Q&A with Dr. David Knopman in our Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) feature “Ask the Expert.” We asked you to share what you...
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Why Does Alzheimer’s Disease Affect More Women Than Men? New Alzheimer’s...
Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Nearly two-thirds of the more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women and two-thirds of the more than 15 million...
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