Alzheimer's
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Alzheimer's: Doctors test brain pacemakers
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Brain surgery for Alzheimer's may sound radical, but the first U.S. experiments with these implants are getting under way.
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Alzheimer's surgery, Johns Hopkins breakthrough treatment
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Doctors at Johns Hopkins University are experimenting with a pacemaker for the brain to combat Alzheimer’s disease. They’re preparing to implant one of the devices on Thursday.
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Alzheimer's treatments hopeful with new study
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For Alzheimer's patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there's hope from new studies starting up and insights from recent ones that didn't quite pan out.
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Mohammad Sharif Yazdani, who suffers from Alzheimer's, missing
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A Fairfax County family is putting out an urgent plea for help after their father disappeared—the 64 year old has Alzheimer’s and was last seen in his Mount Vernon home two weeks ago.
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Alzheimer's treatment fails study, but still shows some promise
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An Alzheimer's treatment from Eli Lilly and Co. failed to slow memory decline in two separate patient studies, but the drug did show some potential to help in mild cases of the mind-robbing condition that is notoriously difficult to treat.
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Rushern Baker's wife has early-onset Alzheimer's
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker says his wife, Christa, is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Help for Alzheimer's patients who wander
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Thousands of Alzheimer's patients wander away each year. Sometimes it ends tragically. But there is help.
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Man rows 1,400 miles up the Atlantic Coast for Alzheimer's
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Lewis Colam is rowing 1,400 miles up the Atlantic coast, by himself, with the goal of raising $50,000 to help find a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's fight undertaken by Obama administration
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The Obama administration is adopting a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer's disease, with an ambitious goal of finding some effective treatments by 2025.
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Obama implementing plan for effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025
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Right now almost five-and-a-half million Americans have Alzheimer's and that number is expected to triple by 2050.
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Va. seeks input on state dementia-care plan
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A state commission is seeking public input on its plan to care for the growing number of Virginians with dementia.
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Hope for Alzheimer's patients from new study, national plan
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As the Obama administration is getting ready to draft a national plan to address Alzheimer's disease, a new study shows some promising results in alleviating symptoms.
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