Susan Draddy had a unique idea to help her mother cope withAlzheimer’s disease. To assist her mother in finding the bathroom inside their Hinsdale home, Draddy laid out blue painter’s tape on the floor to act as a pathway. “I would tell her to follow the tape,” said Draddy, 50, who took care of her mother, Annette, for a year in 2008
Alzheimer’s is thought of as a disease of the elderly. But the early-onset form of the disease can wreak havoc for young people and their families
Scientists have assembled a “timeline” of the unseen progress of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear. A team at Washington University School of Medicine looked at families with a genetic risk of the disease
A single genetic tweak is all that is needed to turn ordinary skin cells into functioning brain cells, scientists have shown. The research could help to treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain diseases.
Those who do so maintain their ability to do everyday tasks better than people simply given anti-dementia drugs, found German researchers. They believe the approach could help transform treatment for those in care homes living with mild to moderate dementia.
Fish may help to protect the brain against the memory loss and cell damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease, scientists reported yesterday. A study of mice carrying a human gene that causes Alzheimer’s disease suggests that a diet rich in an omega-3 fatty acid called DHA slows progression of the disorder in its later stages. “This is the first proof that our diets affect how our brain cells communicate with each other under the duress of Alzheimer’s,” said Prof Greg Cole of the University of California, Los Angeles, senior author of the paper in the journal Neuron
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