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Suwannee Democrat
A care center has found using the Nintendo Wii is helpful for treating people with a variety of conditions — including Alzheimer’s disease.
Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Boost Your Memory
WWSB-TV ABC Sarasota
Not all memory problems are related to Alzheimer’s disease.
Worries about Lipitor’s effects
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Column
Although traces of aluminum have been found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers, there’s no proven link between aluminum and the condition.
Ginko Found Ineffective Against Dementia
WJXT-TV CBS Jacksonville
According to the results of a new study, published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Ginkgo biloba does not reduce the rate of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.
Parents hope experimental treatment will conquer daughter’s illness
Daytona Beach News-Journal
A profile of Gabrielle LaVerde who has a rare condition named Niemann-Pick disease type C, which is sometimes known as "children’s Alzheimer’s."
If you’re 60, memory screen is free
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The Roskamp Institute is celebrating National Memory Screening Day and offers free memory screening in Sarasota and Tampa.
Aging gracefully: Art therapy helps when language suffers
Ft. Myers News-Press
Art therapy can help Alzheimer’s disease sufferers express themselves when their speech is impaired.
Vitamin has promise as future treatment for Alzheimer’s
Tennessean
There is some promising research that suggests that vitamin B-3 might help treat Alzheimer’s disease.
OBAMA REVIEWS BUSH ORDERS ON STEM CELLS, DRILLING
Boston Globe
President-elect Obama may overturn a Bush Administration executive order that limits stem cell research that may help develop more treatments for Alzheimer’s.
Stressed caregivers aren’t alone
Florida Today
There is help out there those who care for Alzheimer’s sufferers.
Aging Gracefully: Health care big issue for next president
Ft. Myers News-Press
With a coming increase of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers as the Baby Boomers age, the government should more aggressively boost researching the disease to find remedies.
Research: It’s All Down Hill From 40
WJXT-TV CBS Jacksonville
The brain may begin to decline at the age of 40.
Sen. Barack Obama
The St. Petersburg Times
Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain once opposed stem cell research, which can help with Alzheimer’s disease research, but has changed his mind.
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