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Omega-3 Pills Fail To Work In Alzheimer’s Patients
CHICAGO (AP) – Omega-3 pills promoted as boosting memory didn’t slow mental and physical decline in older patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a big disappointment in a multimillion-dollar...
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Number Of Alzheimer’s Cases Expected To Rise
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Lee Sneller of Flower Mound was an Industrial Engineer before retirement. “I can no longer add, subtract, multiply or divide. Yet I was an engineer,” says Sneller. In 2005...
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Report: Alzheimer’s Caregivers Number 15 Million
WASHINGTON (AP) – Far more people than previously thought are providing billions of hours of unpaid care to Alzheimer’s patients. A report released Tuesday by the Alzheimer’s Association says nearly...
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New Guidelines Define Pre-Alzheimer’s Disease
(AP) – The first new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 30 years establish earlier stages of the mind-robbing disease, paving the way for spotting and possibly treating these...
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Brain Injury Raises Dementia Risk, U.S. Study Finds
PARIS (AP) – A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to...
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Families Urge Action As U.S. Drafts Alzheimer’s Plan
WASHINGTON (AP) – As her mother’s Alzheimer’s worsened over eight long years, so did Doreen Alfaro’s bills: The walker, then the wheelchair, then the hospital bed, then the diapers — and the caregivers...
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U.S. Wants Effective Alzheimer’s Treatment By 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer’s disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025. The Obama...
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Clock Ticking With New Plan To Fight Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (AP) – The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer’s Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease. The Obama...
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Breakthrough Plaque Test Could Help With Alzheimer’s
New test for amyloid plaque could hep with Alzheimer’s research. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Alzheimer’s disease often goes undiagnosed for years, and that means treatment is...
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Study: Later Retirement May Help Prevent Dementia
BOSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — New research boosts the “use it or lose it” theory about brainpower and staying mentally sharp. People who delay retirement have less risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or...
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How To Tell Signs Of Dementia From Normal Aging
BOSTON (AP) — New studies suggest that noticing you are having memory or thinking problems could be the earliest sign of Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer’s Association lists these 10 warning signs,...
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Report: Women At Higher Risk Of Developing Alzheimer’s
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Amy Osler is trim, physically fit, and positively glows with good health… all while dying the slow mental death that is Alzheimer’s. She was diagnosed in September of last year at...
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Clinical Trials Provide Hope For Alzheimer’s Treatments
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150414185650497AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) – It’s a devastating disease that causes concern for all of us with aging...
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North Texans Plunge Into Cold Pool For A Cause
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Jumping into a cold pool in January may not sound like your typical winter Sunday, but what if it’s for a cause? Hypnotic Donuts hosted its...
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Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter More than 5.5 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s and another person is diagnosed every 66 seconds. The Alzheimer’s Association is working to find a cure for...
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Hearing Is Believing: Speech May Be Clue To Mental Decline
NEW YORK (AP) – Your speech may, um, help reveal if you’re uh … developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline, which can lead...
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Report: One-Third Of Dementia Cases Can Be Prevented
NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) – One-third of cases of dementia worldwide could potentially be prevented through better management of lifestyle factors such as smoking, hypertension, depression, and hearing loss...
View ArticleWHO Suggests Exercise, Not Vitamins To Help Prevent Dementia
GENEVA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A new report by the World Health Organization says if you want to save your brain and prevent dementia you should focus on keeping the rest of your body well — mainly with...
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