When Alzheimer’s Leads To Legal Wrangles
Memory loss is the best-known symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. But the illness can also lead to poor judgment and changes in behavior, sometimes resulting in aggressive or antisocial behaviors that can make caregiving difficult as well as lead to legal troubles like citations for traffic violations, theft and trespassing, a new study details. Families […]
Prostate Drug Slows Memory Decline In Women With Alzheimers
A medication commonly given to stop the spread of prostate cancer in men showed promise in slowing memory loss in women with early to mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The drug, known as Lupron Depot (or lepuprolide acetate), alters the production of sex hormones such as testosterone and estrogen. “This is the first time any […]
New Alzheimer’s Therapy Shows Promise
Scientists at the Karolinska Institutet have evaluated a new Alzheimer’s therapy in which the patients receive an implant that stimulates the growth of a certain type of nerve cell. The results, which are published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, suggest that the introduction of a nerve growth factor can prevent neuronal degradation […]
True Love Transcends Alzheimer’s Disease
“She looks now so perfectly normal to me. Like it’s the way she’s always looked. And of course I know — I see pictures, I look in the mirror — we both look so much different. But you’re with one person that long and they become part of you. And you become part of them,” […]