Senate Hears Alzheimer's Case

On Wednesday, May 14, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine the tremendous burden Alzheimer's poses, not only to the estimated 5.2 million Americans with the disease and their 10 million caregivers, but also to the healthcare system, business and the larger society.

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'Perfect Storm' Brewing in Healthcare

Terry Fulmer, PhD, of New York University, says that a "perfect storm" is brewing a national healthcare crisis due to baby boomers retiring, an aging healthcare workforce and a nursing shortage.

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Alzheimer's Report Urges Changes to Therapy Development

Dementia experts suggest new therapeutic targets, adaptive trial design and patent reforms for therapies that could prevent dementia.

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Evidence of Alzheimer's Discovered in Primates

Emory University researchers report discovery of the first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's- like neurofibrillary brain tangles in an aged non-human primate. The finding has the potential to move the scientific community closer to understanding why age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, are uniquely human and seem to never fully manifest in other species - including our closest evolutionary relative, the chimpanzee.

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Families Shed Light on Likely Causative Gene for Alzheimer's

The genetic profile of two Georgia families with high rates of late-onset Alzheimer's disease points to a gene that may cause the disease, researchers say.

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Perk of Good Job: Aging Mind Is Sharp
Having a Complex Job May Slow Age-Related Mental Decline

By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Medical News

Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD

May 7, 2008 — Mentally demanding jobs come with a hidden benefit: less mental decline with age.

Work that requires decision making, negotiating with others, analysis, and making judgments may not necessarily pad your bank account. But it does build up your "cognitive reserve" — a level of mental function that helps you avoid or compensate for age-related mental decline.

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Columnist Thomas Friedman's Tribute to His Mother, Who Had Dementia
by Dorian Martin
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

I realize that it's a few days past Mother's Day, but I thought readers would be interested in the column, "Call Your Mother," by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman. The column, a tribute to his mother Margaret who died in April, was the most e-mailed column when I checked the Times website on Monday.

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>Call Your Mom >by THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/opinion/11friedman.html?ex=1211428800&en=89...

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Thinking About Reverse Mortgage
By Cheryl Ellis, Staff Writer

Individuals who live in their home, and have no or a very low mortgage balance, may find that a reverse mortgage will supplement income when needed.

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