If they don’t know what to talk about with Dad, they can always pick up the memory book and share something he enjoys…. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Alzheimer’s caregivers find it difficult to deal with behaviors that come along with Alzheimer’s disease. Sometimes it is best to…

Wandering is among the most unsettling and even terrifying behaviors people with Alzheimer’s disease display. Often poorly clad, they leave safety at random hours and strike out into unknown territory, for no apparent reason…. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Current statistics indicate that about 60 percent of persons…

By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Anytime I read research about “spotting” Alzheimer’s early”, I feel greatly encouraged. Even today, it is important to get the diagnosis early and to get the currently available treatments. In the future, there will be better and more effective treatments. I think you…

By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room University of Houston (UH) physicists are using complex computer simulations to illuminate the workings of a crucial protein that, when malfunctioning, may cause Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. UH physicists study behavior of enzyme linked to Alzheimer’s, cancer Margaret Cheung, assistant professor of physics…

Alzheimer’s Reading Room “The American biomedical enterprise is making progress in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. David Morgan. “The richness of the public-private partnerships between universities, research institutes, biotechnology companies and major biopharmaceutical companies is the envy of the world.” USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute researchers to…

Women, African-Americans, and Hispanics are statistically more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia….. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Women are statistically more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. While 16 percent of women over 71 years old develop the degenerative brain…

Here is what I use to think when I heard those words — get your butt over here and spend a few days doing my job and then tell me how you think she “sounds”…. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Max Wallacks’ article — Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Can…

The ability to act differently for others, shows that Alzheimer’s disease patients maintain social skills….. By Max Wallack Alzheimer’s Reading Room One of the hardest things about caring for an Alzheimer’s patient can be the fact that there is frequently a feeling that no one else really knows what…

By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room This research is interesting because it might help scientists to better understand the neurological causes of Alzheimer’s disease. It will certainly lead to a better understand of the brain, and to a better understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. As this research…

To those that continue to write negatively about Alzheimer’s disease and the current state of affairs I say — get educated and get some perspective…. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room I’m sitting here thinking about the last seven years. Seven years to the day. From the day I…