Mar. 8—CHEYENNE — A 68-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after a months-long investigation into the death of his girlfriend, who Laramie County Sheriff’s deputies say was dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. Police found the woman, Charrie Watkins, dead in their home Nov. 8, after the man charged with killing her, Robert E. Green, called 911 to […]
New research into tiny magnetic particles that float through the air may help scientists unravel the mysterious causes of Alzheimer’s disease. In a press release, Australia’s University of Technology Sydney unveiled new research undertaken by some of its faculty into the possible link between Alzheimer’s and magnetite, a pollutant most commonly associated with vehicle exhaust. […]
Claim: Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease five years after he left the presidency, was already suffering from the disease while he was still in office. Rating: Rating: Unproven Long-standing questions about U.S. President Joe Biden’s mental fitness for office took on added urgency during the 2024 presidential campaign, in which Biden, the […]
Kansas City police issued a silver alert and are seeking the public’s help locating a 72-year-old man who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. According to police, Maurice E. Robinson walked away from his residence near Bannister Road and Belmont Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Philip DiMartino, a spokesperson for KCPD, said it’s not clear which direction […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alzheimer’s quietly ravages the brain long before symptoms appear and now scientists have new clues about the dominolike sequence of those changes — a potential window to one day intervene. A large study in China tracked middle-aged and older adults for 20 years, using regular brain scans, spinal taps and other tests. […]
A “confused” pensioner with Alzheimer’s disease died after she was pushed over in a bank by a 26-year-old who was angry she had held up the queue, a court has heard. Myra Coutinho-Lopez, 82, was a regular customer at Lloyds Bank in Howardsgate, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and was well-known to the staff, but sometimes […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A missing at-risk woman was reported missing on Saturday, the San Francisco Police Department announced in a news release. Gwyneth Borden, 71, was last seen leaving her home on the 3800 block of Mission Street around 10 a.m. on Feb. 17. Borden is described as a Black woman, 5-foot-4, 130 pounds […]
An 80-year-old Canadian woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease was heinously raped by another tourist in the Bahamas last month, her son has claimed, and the incident took place about two weeks before two US women say they were also raped in the island country. The woman, who has not been named, was vacationing with […]
You can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your pathogens. A review of dozens of published studies into the mechanisms behind neurological diseases has collected strong evidence that people who frequently pick their noses are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The new report, compiled and written by researchers at Western Sydney […]
Add this to the list of potential targets to treat Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders: Researchers in South Korea have discovered a network of lymphatic vessels at the back of the nose that help drain cerebral spinal fluid from the brain. According to Neuroscience News, the “groundbreaking” study, published in the journal Nature, reveals a […]
Five patients in the United Kingdom have developed Alzheimer’s disease that appears to be the result of contaminated injections they received as children decades ago, according to a new study that could change the way scientists think about the causes of dementia — and cause anxiety in patients who underwent the same therapy. All five […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster — by temporarily breaching its protective shield. The novel experiment was a first attempt in just three patients. But in spots in the brain where the new technology took aim, it enhanced removal of Alzheimer’s trademark brain-clogging plaque, […]