Alzheimer's disease

The San Francisco-based startup CellScope has built a tool to do ear exams at home, instead of going to the doctor.

Health & Safety

Self-Tracking Gadgets That Play Doctor Abound At CES

1:30pm January 07, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

A new wave of self-monitoring devices and apps is hitting the Consumer Electronics Show — ones with explicit medical purposes. They promise to help diagnose everything from ear infections to diseases.

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Stalked By A Fiend Worse Than Any Elm Street Nightmare

1:42pm December 15, 2014

by Kenneth Turan

In "Still Alice," Julianne Moore has each thing that defines her — to herself, to her family — devoured by early-onset Alzheimer's disease. It's a splendid performance, says critic Kenneth Turan.

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Justin McCowan poses for a portrait outside of his house in Santa Monica, Calif., on Aug. 14.

Death Cuts Short The Life Of An Alzheimer's Research Volunteer

4:45pm September 29, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

Justin McCowan wanted to help find a cure for Alzheimer's because it's more common in people like him who have Down syndrome. He died in his sleep last week at age 40.

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Rick and Marianne wash dishes together. She no longer remembers that he is her husband.

As A Husband Becomes Caregiver To His Wife, A Marriage Evolves

7:56am July 08, 2014

by Julia Mitric

Rick Rayburn became a full-time caregiver to Marianne, his wife of 42 years, after she developed dementia. She may not be the woman he married, but he says she's helping him become a better husband.

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Women make up nearly two-thirds of the people in the U.S. diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Gene Linked To Alzheimer's Poses A Special Threat To Women

7:35pm April 14, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

Scientists have figured out one reason women might be more vulnerable to Alzheimer's: A risk gene doubles women's chances of getting the disease but has minimal effect on men.

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Economy

New Hope for Alzheimer's Disease Drug

11:08pm August 22, 2013

The incidence of the mysterious and devastating Alzheimer's disease continues to rise in the U-S. Justin Catanoso, Business Journal

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Anne Jones, 62, and Robin Jones, 73, at their home in Menlo Park, Calif. He took a test that revealed proteins typical of Alzheimer's disease.

Finding Simple Tests For Brain Disorders Turns Out To Be Complex

1:17pm July 08, 2013

by Amy Standen

There are tests for heart attacks and diabetes, but few for brain disorders. Researchers are trying to change that, but are finding the hunt for biomarkers for mental illness to be a tough slog. Tests on the market, like ones for Alzheimer's, are not conclusive.

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Scientists hope a new genetically modified rat will help them find Alzheimer's drugs that work on humans.

Genetically Modified Rat Is Promising Model For Alzheimer's

7:34pm April 09, 2013

by Jon Hamilton

Drug companies have developed several Alzheimer's drugs that seemed to work in mice but did not help people with the disease. So scientists inserted human genes into rats in hopes of getting a better model for testing the drugs.

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Social worker Nuria Casulleres shows a portrait of Audrey Hepburn to elderly men during a memory activity at the Cuidem La Memoria elderly home in Barcelona, Spain, last August. The home specializes in Alzheimer's patients.

Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Now A Deadlier Threat To Elderly

7:44am March 20, 2013

by Jon Hamilton

Deaths from the disease have increased by 68 percent between 2000 and 2010. One reason: We're living longer, and deaths from other causes, like heart disease and prostate cancer, are going down.

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Health & Safety

Greensboro Memory Care Facility Re-opens

4:53pm January 28, 2013

by Keri Brown

The number of people with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia is increasing nationwide. A memory care community in Greensboro has made some changes to help meet the growing need for safe and suitable housing in the Triad.

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