Alzheimers disease

The term Alzheimer's disease refers to a condition discovered by a doctor called Alois Alzheimer. In 1907 he wrote in medical journals about a woman of 51 who had died of dementia, whose brain he had examined under the microscope.

Memory loss in Alzheimers disease

Memory loss occurs in all cases of Alzheimers, but in the early stages it can be difficult to detect as people manage to cover it up successfully. The most recent memories are the first to go, and it's only much later as the Alzheimers condition has become much more severe that the long term memory is affected.

Disorientation and Alzheimers Disease

Disorientation (or not knowing who or where you are or what day month etc it is), is very common in Alzheimers disease.  It's also noted as one of the defining early symptoms, and as it is very closely connected with a person's memory or the ability to remember, it's what you might expect.

Disorientation and Alzheimers disease in the home

Disorientation inside the home can eventually become a problem though not until much later in the disease.

Alzheimers Disease and Personality

One of the most distressing aspects of Alzheimers disease is the complete change of personality many people suffer. This is especially distressing for their relatives and friends. The personality and general behaviour of Alzheimer sufferers in the later stages often seems to be in complete contrast to the usual behaviour they have always exhibited in their previous life.

Alzheimers disease and Communication

Speech is frequently affected in Alzheimers disease. An understanding of simple speech remains intact during the early stages, but difficulties in finding and expressing the correct words can appear very early on in the disease.

07/01/2009
Caregivers May Benefit From Adult Day Care
Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregivers. Steven Zarit, professor and head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, received a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the effects of caregiving on familial caregivers. He will look at people who care for family members with dementia and how adult day care impacts the stress levels of all individuals involved.

Caregivers May Benefit From Adult Day Care

06/17/2009
ExonHit Announces Last Patient Out For EHT 0202 Phase IIa Study In Alzheimer's
ExonHit Therapeutics (Paris:ALEHT) announced that clinical testing of EHT 0202, its lead therapeutic compound in Alzheimer's disease, is progressing well. Final patient dosing for the Phase IIa proof-of-concept clinical trial assessing EHT 0202 in patients with Alzheimer's disease is completed.

ExonHit Announces Last Patient Out For EHT 0202 Phase IIa Study In Alzheimer's

06/22/2009
Memory Impairment Predicts Alzheimer's Disease
Self perceived memory impairment is an indicator of pending Alzheimer dementia but not of vascular dementia, according to results of the LADIS (Leukoaraiosis and Disability) study which explores the impact of brain white matter changes on the functioning of independent elderly individuals over a 3 year period.

Memory Impairment Predicts Alzheimer's Disease

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