alzheimer's disease

MEMORY: “Caring for someone with memory loss takes strength — and sometimes, a pause for laughter is just what’s needed. That’s why the National Comed...

NEW YORK (TNS) — When aCBS Newsmedical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her co...

Take two at bedtime. That’s what the label on the side of the bottle says, and that’s what you’ll do. You want to feel better soon – your health and w...

More than 6 million Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and each day nearly 3,000 patients may progress from mild to moderate dementia due to the...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Independence Health System has introduced a new service that capitalizes on an overwhelming patient medical need and two new medici...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, providing an optio...

HARRISBURG — As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease and related cognitive conditions rises in Pennsylvania, advocates say prevention and more integr...

The announcement of a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was greeted this week with celebration and skepticism. The Food and Drug Administration ap...

There are a hundred things I could tell you about my late mother that are more important than the disease that caught her in its grip the last few yea...

Bradford Regional Medical Center will present “Forgetfulness after 50; Is it dementia?” and “Dizziness and fear of falling in seniors” Sept. 25 at the...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — When dementia or Alzheimer’s disease strikes, the victim not only loses his or her memory, senses, judgement and speech, but also los...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — When dementia or Alzheimer’s disease strikes, the victim not only loses his or her memory, senses, judgement and speech, but also los...

GLEN CAMPBELL: With the recent passing of musician Glen Campbell, Lisa Johnson, chief executive officer of Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc., recalled a t...

Brown eyes, healthy appetites, a love for farming; these are all things that run through the genes of the VanAernam family. Another more sinister thin...