Alzheimer’s disease in Florida

Hispanics with Alzheimer’s show improvement in drug trial
The Miami Herald
The Alzheimer’s drug Aricept seems to work relatively well among Hispanics.  This is promising since this is one of the fastest growing groups in the country.

Dr. Jo: Alzheimer’s
WTVT-TV FOX Tampa
Rember, an Alzheimer’s drug, is showing promising results in fighting the condition.

Elan shares fall over Alzheimer’s drug results
The Miami Herald (The Associated Press)
Due to disappointing trial results of the Alzheimer’s drug bapineuzumab, shares of the Irish biotech firm Elan fell.  It is developing the drug with the American firm Wyeth.

Alzheimer’s drug shows promise
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
A new Alzheimer’s drug developed by TauRx Therapeutics in Singapore is showing promising results in its trials.

Study: ‘Pre-dementia’ is rising, especially in men
Central Florida News Channel 13
Research suggests that a mild form of dementia that tends to precede Alzheimer’s disease is more common than thought.

More fit Alzheimer’s had less brain atrophy
Florida Today (The Associated Press)
A new study suggests that the more physically fit a person is during the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the less the memory areas of the brain atrophy.

Delray Beach clinic a leader in Alzheimer’s research
Palm Beach Post
This is a profile of the Brain Matters Alzheimer’s research clinic in Palm Beach County.

Detecting Declining Minds
WFTV-TV ABC Orlando
DETECT is a new device for Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

115-year-old woman debunks Alzheimer’s theory
St. Petersburg Times
Studying the body of a now dead 115 year old lady should help with Alzheimer’s research since did not contract the disease.  Scientists hope to see why she did not develop any symptoms.

Healing power of music
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Janice Gillies helps seniors learn songs in attempt to use music therapy to help ward off the effects of conditions like Alzheimer’s.

Detecting Alzheimer’s Early
News Channel 4 Jacksonville
A product named DETECT — a helmet shaped device with a computer that flashes images on eye-level screens — is being tested for diagnosing Alzheimer’s.

Experimental Alzheimer’s vaccine stopped brain plaque, but not dementia, study shows
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Research indicates that removing plaque that builds up around the brains of those who have Alzheimer’s disease will not remove the symptoms of dementia.

Calcium May Be The Key To Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
Science Daily News
Scientists are beginning to think that calcium plays a more crucial role Alzheimer’s disease than previously thought.

Police training to track "life saving" bracelets
WBBH-TV NBC Lee County
Cape Coral Police are training to use tracking bracelets to help find individuals with Alzheimer’s, autism, or Down Syndrome who get lost or wander.

Exercise slows Alzheimer’s brain shrinkage
St. Petersburg: WTSP (Ch. 10)
Findings from a study suggest that physical exercise slows the rate at which the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers shrink.  Although the brain shrinks with normal aging, Alzheimer’s accelerates this process.

Scripps discovery might be early step toward Alzheimer’s drug
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Scripps Florida hopes that some of its new research will help lead to the development of a new Alzheimer’s drug.

Elder Law: Plan needed to help deal with Alzheimer’s
Ft. Myers News Press
People should be more proactive in helping those who they suspect have Alzheimer’s disease.