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A study of more than 600 older veterans with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease showed that high doses of vitamin E delayed the decline in daily living skills, such as getting oneself dressed, by about six months over a two-year period. (Dec. 31)
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Vitamin E might slow the progression of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, researchers are reporting. It's the first time any treatment has been shown to alter the course of dementia at...
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Michigan Group Gives Senior Pets A Second Chance
SCRIPT:(NATS)POPPY DOESN'T GET AROUND AS WELL AS SHE USED TO.SOUNDBITE: Mari Baker, Poppy's Foster Mom (partially covered): "Poppy is an old gal. She's 15 years old. She has arthritis really bad."SOUNDBITE: Mari Baker, Poppy's Foster...
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Judge Halts Federal Execution Over Mental Competence Concerns
Lawyers for Wesley Ira Purkey argue he no longer has rational understanding due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Care home left waiting 10 days for coronavirus tests
A care home operator which had two residents die with coronavirus has been waiting 10 days for testing kits to arrive, its healthcare director said. Vida Healthcare provides specialist support for up to 194 residents living with dementia...
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Is there at link between hearing and dementia?
After a long and busy life, 91 year old Margaret Lowdon is beginning to feel a bit weary.
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Preventing dementia: the game scientists say play ++EMBARGOED++
LEAD IN: Scientists are collaborating with professional gamers to launch a new on-screen adventure to accelerate research for dementia treatment.Vast servers will hold data from people playing Sea Hero Quest and scientists all over the...
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10-year plan to tackle dementia will focus on prevention, says Health Secretary
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the Government's 10-year plan to tackle dementia will have a big focus on prevention, at the Alzheimer’s Society annual conference in London.
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Dementia Is A Ticking Timebomb Unless New Drugs Can Be Found
Dementia Is A Ticking Timebomb Unless New Drugs Can Be Found
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Robots as companions for the elderly
AP Television
Melbourne, Victoria, 29th March 2011
1. Wide of robot on table with residents
2. Close of robot's face
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Rajiv Kholsa, La Trobe University, Melbourne:
"It also helps the elderly to have a...
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Study uses magnetic stimulation to detect dementia
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4036263LEAD IN: Neurologists are to begin a trial to discover whether transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS on the brain can alert doctors to the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease.Despite...
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Johnson announce dementia spending plan
Boris Johnson has announced plans to invest more than £1.6 billion over the next decade to find a cure for dementia if his party wins the election. Mr Johnson said the investment would double current funding levels and the Tories said it...
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Sadiq Khan launches world’s first Dementia Friendly Venues Charter
The Mayor of London has today announced a new venues charter to encourage venues to become ‘Dementia Friendly’ by making changes to their current and future exhibitions, to become more accessible as Covid restrictions are lifted. Some of...
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Undiagnosed Covid-19 is likely explanation for some excess elderly deaths – ONS
Interview with Nick Stripe, head of health analysis at the Office for National Statistics. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and symptoms mainly indicating old age account for two thirds of the total number of non-Covid-19 excess deaths...
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is studying the popular Music and Memory program to see if music, which helps improve the mood of Alzheimer's patients, can also reduce the use of prescription drugs for those suffering from dementia. (Oct. 30)
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SOUNDBITE (English): Barb Knutson, daughter of Mike Knutson.
"We feel as though we have been blessed with this whole new experience with dad. We are able to connect in a completely different way, in a very genuine...
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Experts create virtual dementia tour to share the experience of the disease
These special glasses are just one of the tools used to send medical workers on a "Virtual Dementia Tour".
It's been developed so participants can feel what it's like to have the same sensory impairment that can befall some Alzheimer's...
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Communist memorabilia helps dementia patients in East Germany
LEADIN: A retirement home in eastern Germany has seen the health and wellbeing of dementia patients vastly improve after surrounding them in memorabilia from communist East Germany. Two rooms at the home have been meticulously...
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CLEAN : Ex-players tackle dementia in football mad Spain
Former Spanish footballers are helping elderly Spaniards fight off dementia by unlocking footballing memories from a bygone era