There’s been a lot of news about breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s disease research this week, including a Page One story in The New York Times Thursday about two new studies. The separate research, done at Harvard and Columbia universities, found the…
Obama Administration Starts Work On National Alzheimer’s Plan
With dementia threatening to drain Medicare and Medicaid funds, the Obama administration is crafting a National Alzheimer’s Plan, according to the Associated Press. http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/14/u-s-prepares-a-national-plan-for-alzheimers/ The aim is to create a strategy that will “combine research aimed at fighting he mind-destroying…
N.J. Researcher Devises Blood-Screening Test To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease strikes fear in the heart of most Americans. It’s not only a disease that doesn’t have a cure, it’s a disease without a sure-fire way to detect or confirm it’s presence. There has been progress made on the testing side of…
The Debate Rages On: Should Patients Be Tested For Alzheimer’s?
At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Paris last week a long-discussed issue was once again debated: Whether patients should be tested for the disease. There were various press reports about this aspect of the conference. The conundrum seems to be this, namely…
Reagan’s Sons Clash Over Whether He Had Alzheimer’s While In White House
Did President Ronald Reagan show signs of Alzheimer’s disease when he was still in the White House? That’s the charge that his youngest son, Ron Reagan, makes in his new book, a memoir called “My Father At 100,” which was…