Saturday, August 30, 2008

Alzheimer's

Expert Voice: Peter J. Whitehouse

See what ThirdAge.com's resident expert on Alzheimer's has to say.

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Q&A From Our Experts

Today's Expert: JacquelineMarcell

I have grown more forgetful over the past few months. I'm worried to death that this might be early signs of Alzheimer's. My friends say it's just normal aging. What do you think?

Senior moments are most often benign symptoms of a busy aging brain, but unfortunately they may also be a sign of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), a ... Read More...

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Fighting Off Alzheimer's

Posted August 27, 2008 1:44 PM

A CBS report about drugs that might fend off the disease.

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In November 1901, German psychiatist Alois Alzheimer encountered a woman named Auguste Deter (Auguste D, as she came to be known) who had been brought to Alzheimer's Frankfurt clinic by her husband. Read more...