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The goal of the Alzheimer's Reading Room is to Educate, and Empower Alzheimer's caregivers, their families, and the entire Alzheimer's community.
In the Alzheimer's Reading Room (ARR), we offer "real life" solutions to problems that Alzheimer's caregivers face each day.

The website contains a knowledge base of more than 3,800 articles. These articles can be found via a keyword search using the search box on the right hand side of every webpage. We add new information to the knowledge base every day.

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The Alzheimer's Reading Room is the number one source of life news for the entire Alzheimer's community.

The site focuses on Alzheimer's disease and the art of Alzheimer's caregiving.

On the Alzheimer's Reading Room, we tackle real world problems and offer advice and solutions on issues like: repetitive questioning, challenging behavior, how to understand Alzheimer's disease, how to cope with the disease, and how tocommunicate effectively with a person living with dementia.


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Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

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Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
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In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

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For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

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Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

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Learn More About the Alzheimer's Reading Room

To contact us Click HERE
The goal of the Alzheimer's Reading Room is to Educate, and Empower Alzheimer's caregivers, their families, and the entire Alzheimer's community.
In the Alzheimer's Reading Room (ARR), we offer "real life" solutions to problems that Alzheimer's caregivers face each day.

The website contains a knowledge base of more than 3,800 articles. These articles can be found via a keyword search using the search box on the right hand side of every webpage. We add new information to the knowledge base every day.

Contact Alzheimer's Reading Room Via Email
The Alzheimer's Reading Room is the number one source of life news for the entire Alzheimer's community.

The site focuses on Alzheimer's disease and the art of Alzheimer's caregiving.

On the Alzheimer's Reading Room, we tackle real world problems and offer advice and solutions on issues like: repetitive questioning, challenging behavior, how to understand Alzheimer's disease, how to cope with the disease, and how tocommunicate effectively with a person living with dementia.


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Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

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Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

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For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

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Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

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Don't Blame Alzheimer's, Change

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There came a time when I realized that not only was Alzheimer's trying to kill Dotty's brain, it was also trying to kill my brain. Alzheimer's is a sinister disease.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

I spent a long time trying to rationalize Dotty's new found meanness and crazy behavior by blaming Alzheimer's.

When Dotty would do something that caused heartaches or stomach aches I would eventually try and convince myself, relax, its the Alzheimer's that is causing the problems.

It didn't work. I kept getting the heartaches and stomach aches over and over and over.

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Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

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Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

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For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

To contact us Click HERE

Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

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Scientists Discover that the Brain Cleans Itself

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“We’re hopeful that these findings have implications for many conditions that involve the brain, such as traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease.”
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Scientists have discovered a cleansing mechanism in the brain, essentially a river inside the brain.

They hope that this newly discovered fluid stream might be enlisted to flush away the buildup of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative disorders.

“It’s a hydraulic system,” said Maiken Nedergaard. “Once you open it, you break the connections, and it cannot be studied. We are lucky enough to have technology now that allows us to study the system intact, to see it in operation.”

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The Alzheimer's Action Plan

300 Tips for Making Life Easier

Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

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Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

Continued on the Next Page

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

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For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

To contact us Click HERE

Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

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When Dotty Went to Heaven

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Dotty was always convinced she could take "care" of herself, and then something changed.

Dorothy DeMarco
95 Years Old

Dorothy Olive DeMarco was born on June 29, 1916. She went to Heaven on May 25, 2012. Today is Dotty's birthday, she would have been 96 years old.

I was convinced for thirty years that Dotty would live to be more than one hundred years old. I did waver on this a bit when Alzheimer's disease came into our lives.

Around 2004, I came to a very different conclusion. I started to believe that Dotty would go to Heaven if and only if she learned the most important lesson of her life.

I can say that with the exception of her brain, Dotty was a "healthy old broad". She told this to everyone that would listen right up until very close to the end.

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Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

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Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

Continued on the Next Page

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

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For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

To contact us Click HERE

Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

via forbes.com

Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

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The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

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For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Aricept Price Falls by 90 Percent

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Donepezil is marketed under the brand name Aricept by its developer Eisai (TSE) and partner Pfizer (PFE).
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

When you go into the pharmacy looking for the lowest price generic Aricept available you want to ask for Donepezil. This will take all of the guess work out of the equation. 

You can now buy a one year supply of Donepezil for $109.00. 

This time last year you might have expected to pay $3,000.00 or more for a one year supply. Imagine. 

Remarkable.

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Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

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Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

via forbes.com

Dementia Patient Wanders, Found 124 Miles from Nursing Home

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Sixty percent of Alzheimer's patients wander. This means if your dememtia patient is in anyway mobile they will probably wander away sooner or later. The odds favor it.

A 67 year old man described as living with "severe dementia" wandered, I should say walked away, from his nursing home and was found 124 miles away in his home town.

Why is this interesting?

The weather was wet, he was walking in his slippers, using a walker, and must have been invisible to everyone that saw him on his 124 mile trek.

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Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

Continued on the Next Page

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Aricept Price Falls by 90 Percent

Donepezil is marketed under the brand name Aricept by its developer Eisai (TSE) and partner Pfizer (PFE).
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

When you go into the pharmacy looking for the lowest price generic Aricept available you want to ask for Donepezil. This will take all of the guess work out of the equation. 

You can now buy a one year supply of Donepezil for $109.00. 

This time last year you might have expected to pay $3,000.00 or more for a one year supply. Imagine. 

Remarkable.

Continued on the Next Page

via alzheimersreadingroom.com

Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

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Why Do Cats Eat Grass?

Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
Article courtesy of Pet Alive

While it may be alarming to see your cat nibbling on the front lawn or a houseplant, it shouldn’t be a cause for concern unless the grass or plant was recently treated with pesticide, fertilizer, or another poisonous chemical. Both dogs and cats from time to time may take an interest in grass or similar substances, each for different purposes that can actually benefit their bodies.

Grass ingestion appears to have someredeeming qualities for dogs and cats which can sometimes lead tovomiting. Some veterinary experts suspect that ingestion could havebeen a catalyst for self-induced vomiting to relieve stomach upset.Whether or not it was intentional, it may have detoxifying propertiesfor this very purpose.
Cats often ingest plants and grass torelieve stomach upset and to assist common bodily functions. Cats areavid groomers and seem to spend hours preening and lickingthemselves. Unfortunately, this usually means that they end upswallowing a lot of loose fur, which accumulates in their stomach toform matted lumps called furballs.
While furballs are usually vomited oremitted in feces as part of the body’s natural elimination process,a weak digestive system, modern diet, sedentary lifestyles, orinadequate nutrition can interfere with this process. To helpstimulate this elimination, cats may use grass as a laxative or toself-induce furballs, as it acts as roughage to promote bowelmovement or regurgitation. This not only helps promote overall healthas bodily functioning is restored, but also relieves the discomfortassociated with the blockage.
It may also be possible that the catjust likes the taste! However, it is important to discourageingestion of grass or plants directly after a meal, as unintentionalregurgitation of dinner may result.

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Baby's 1st Post-Surgery UTI And Needs Hospitalization

...but she's on home leave, which means the doctor has given us consent to bring her home. However, I have to bring Baby to the hospital 3x a day for antibiotics jabs. This is Baby's first UTI since her Ureteral Reimplantation surgery more than 6 months ago. Both the surgeon and I are perplexed as to why Baby would get a UTI since the post-surgery MCUG scan in August 2009 showed that she has no more Kidney Reflux. I am suspecting that the UTI is caused by her swimming in the pool at Hard Rock Hotel Penang 2 weeks ago. Our paed told us that public pools during public holidays / school holidays are the dirtiest as they are flooded with people and the hotel maintenance staffers may not have ample time to clean the pool.

Long story cut short, Baby was braver this time. She screamed and bawled for a short while when the paed inserted the IV line on her left hand. It was quite a fast one and took under 15 minutes for everything to be completed - finding the vein, IV line inserted and hand bandaged. In the past, her doctors needed at least half an hour to over an hour to fix the line. Baby even allowed the doctor to carry her after the procedure, which was very, very uncommon of her to allow a doctor / nurse to carry her, what more the doctor who had just poked her, swaddled her so tightly with a cloth and caused her so much pain. I guess preparing her mentally before the procedure helped.

Before she went into the procedures room, while we were waiting in our room for the doctor to arrive, I told her this "Baby, the doctor will give you an injection on your hand. There will be very little pain, please don't cry ok? Mummy will wait for you outside the room. Mummy can't go in. You don't cry ok? Mummy loves you" Baby nodded her head and smiled!

Baby has to be in the hospital again for her 2nd antibiotics jab for today. She needs another jab at 10:30pm tonight.

Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

Continued on the Next Page

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Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

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Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Aricept Price Falls by 90 Percent

Donepezil is marketed under the brand name Aricept by its developer Eisai (TSE) and partner Pfizer (PFE).
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

When you go into the pharmacy looking for the lowest price generic Aricept available you want to ask for Donepezil. This will take all of the guess work out of the equation. 

You can now buy a one year supply of Donepezil for $109.00. 

This time last year you might have expected to pay $3,000.00 or more for a one year supply. Imagine. 

Remarkable.

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Inside Paul Allen's Quest To Reverse Engineer The Brain - Forbes

Behind a black curtain in a small room a titanium sapphire laser is prepared to fire at a tiny and very surprising target: a half-centimeter glass window surgically implanted into the skull of a live mouse. If all goes right the laser will fire for a quadrillionth of a second while the mouse runs on a white, treadmill-like ball and watches a computer screen. Thanks to special dyes, certain brain cells will glow green if the mouse is using them, their image captured by cameras capable of detecting a single photon.

The point to all this Star Trek style technology could not be more profound. That tiny tangle of tissue in the mouse’s skull turns nerve impulses from the rodent’s eyes into an interaction. Decoding that process would give scientists the first true window into how a mammalian brain experiences the world.

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Baby's 1st Post-Surgery UTI And Needs Hospitalization

...but she's on home leave, which means the doctor has given us consent to bring her home. However, I have to bring Baby to the hospital 3x a day for antibiotics jabs. This is Baby's first UTI since her Ureteral Reimplantation surgery more than 6 months ago. Both the surgeon and I are perplexed as to why Baby would get a UTI since the post-surgery MCUG scan in August 2009 showed that she has no more Kidney Reflux. I am suspecting that the UTI is caused by her swimming in the pool at Hard Rock Hotel Penang 2 weeks ago. Our paed told us that public pools during public holidays / school holidays are the dirtiest as they are flooded with people and the hotel maintenance staffers may not have ample time to clean the pool.

Long story cut short, Baby was braver this time. She screamed and bawled for a short while when the paed inserted the IV line on her left hand. It was quite a fast one and took under 15 minutes for everything to be completed - finding the vein, IV line inserted and hand bandaged. In the past, her doctors needed at least half an hour to over an hour to fix the line. Baby even allowed the doctor to carry her after the procedure, which was very, very uncommon of her to allow a doctor / nurse to carry her, what more the doctor who had just poked her, swaddled her so tightly with a cloth and caused her so much pain. I guess preparing her mentally before the procedure helped.

Before she went into the procedures room, while we were waiting in our room for the doctor to arrive, I told her this "Baby, the doctor will give you an injection on your hand. There will be very little pain, please don't cry ok? Mummy will wait for you outside the room. Mummy can't go in. You don't cry ok? Mummy loves you" Baby nodded her head and smiled!

Baby has to be in the hospital again for her 2nd antibiotics jab for today. She needs another jab at 10:30pm tonight.

Why Do Cats Eat Grass?

Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
Article courtesy of Pet Alive

While it may be alarming to see your cat nibbling on the front lawn or a houseplant, it shouldn’t be a cause for concern unless the grass or plant was recently treated with pesticide, fertilizer, or another poisonous chemical. Both dogs and cats from time to time may take an interest in grass or similar substances, each for different purposes that can actually benefit their bodies.

Grass ingestion appears to have someredeeming qualities for dogs and cats which can sometimes lead tovomiting. Some veterinary experts suspect that ingestion could havebeen a catalyst for self-induced vomiting to relieve stomach upset.Whether or not it was intentional, it may have detoxifying propertiesfor this very purpose.
Cats often ingest plants and grass torelieve stomach upset and to assist common bodily functions. Cats areavid groomers and seem to spend hours preening and lickingthemselves. Unfortunately, this usually means that they end upswallowing a lot of loose fur, which accumulates in their stomach toform matted lumps called furballs.
While furballs are usually vomited oremitted in feces as part of the body’s natural elimination process,a weak digestive system, modern diet, sedentary lifestyles, orinadequate nutrition can interfere with this process. To helpstimulate this elimination, cats may use grass as a laxative or toself-induce furballs, as it acts as roughage to promote bowelmovement or regurgitation. This not only helps promote overall healthas bodily functioning is restored, but also relieves the discomfortassociated with the blockage.
It may also be possible that the catjust likes the taste! However, it is important to discourageingestion of grass or plants directly after a meal, as unintentionalregurgitation of dinner may result.

PetAlive Natural Remedies - Click HERE for details

Baby's 1st Post-Surgery UTI And Needs Hospitalization

...but she's on home leave, which means the doctor has given us consent to bring her home. However, I have to bring Baby to the hospital 3x a day for antibiotics jabs. This is Baby's first UTI since her Ureteral Reimplantation surgery more than 6 months ago. Both the surgeon and I are perplexed as to why Baby would get a UTI since the post-surgery MCUG scan in August 2009 showed that she has no more Kidney Reflux. I am suspecting that the UTI is caused by her swimming in the pool at Hard Rock Hotel Penang 2 weeks ago. Our paed told us that public pools during public holidays / school holidays are the dirtiest as they are flooded with people and the hotel maintenance staffers may not have ample time to clean the pool.

Long story cut short, Baby was braver this time. She screamed and bawled for a short while when the paed inserted the IV line on her left hand. It was quite a fast one and took under 15 minutes for everything to be completed - finding the vein, IV line inserted and hand bandaged. In the past, her doctors needed at least half an hour to over an hour to fix the line. Baby even allowed the doctor to carry her after the procedure, which was very, very uncommon of her to allow a doctor / nurse to carry her, what more the doctor who had just poked her, swaddled her so tightly with a cloth and caused her so much pain. I guess preparing her mentally before the procedure helped.

Before she went into the procedures room, while we were waiting in our room for the doctor to arrive, I told her this "Baby, the doctor will give you an injection on your hand. There will be very little pain, please don't cry ok? Mummy will wait for you outside the room. Mummy can't go in. You don't cry ok? Mummy loves you" Baby nodded her head and smiled!

Baby has to be in the hospital again for her 2nd antibiotics jab for today. She needs another jab at 10:30pm tonight.

Why Do Cats Eat Grass?

Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
Article courtesy of Pet Alive

While it may be alarming to see your cat nibbling on the front lawn or a houseplant, it shouldn’t be a cause for concern unless the grass or plant was recently treated with pesticide, fertilizer, or another poisonous chemical. Both dogs and cats from time to time may take an interest in grass or similar substances, each for different purposes that can actually benefit their bodies.

Grass ingestion appears to have someredeeming qualities for dogs and cats which can sometimes lead tovomiting. Some veterinary experts suspect that ingestion could havebeen a catalyst for self-induced vomiting to relieve stomach upset.Whether or not it was intentional, it may have detoxifying propertiesfor this very purpose.
Cats often ingest plants and grass torelieve stomach upset and to assist common bodily functions. Cats areavid groomers and seem to spend hours preening and lickingthemselves. Unfortunately, this usually means that they end upswallowing a lot of loose fur, which accumulates in their stomach toform matted lumps called furballs.
While furballs are usually vomited oremitted in feces as part of the body’s natural elimination process,a weak digestive system, modern diet, sedentary lifestyles, orinadequate nutrition can interfere with this process. To helpstimulate this elimination, cats may use grass as a laxative or toself-induce furballs, as it acts as roughage to promote bowelmovement or regurgitation. This not only helps promote overall healthas bodily functioning is restored, but also relieves the discomfortassociated with the blockage.
It may also be possible that the catjust likes the taste! However, it is important to discourageingestion of grass or plants directly after a meal, as unintentionalregurgitation of dinner may result.

PetAlive Natural Remedies - Click HERE for details

Another Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's Another Miracle

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.
Alzheimer's Reading Room

In the future, or maybe the right now, doctors will start getting it together.

Raise your hand if your doctor did everything necessary to rule out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease like symptoms before diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you raised your hand, you are in the minority. I started asking Alzheimer's caregivers years ago if their doctor had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia like behavior before diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most tell me no, the doctor did not tell them he ruled out every other possible cause, and there are hundreds, of dementia like behavior or symptoms.

Did you know statistics show that between 17-30 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 health conditions can mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such as drugs for diabetes, heart burn and high cholesterol—can cause symptoms like confusion, memory loss and personality changes that can masquerade as the disease (see the list below).

Continued on the Next Page

via alzheimersreadingroom.com

Volunteers and Help Needed for Alzheimer's Reading Room

The simple facts are I need some help. And now finally, I am in a position to ask for help and accept help.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
If possible, I would like to identify people that can and would help me to move the Alzheimer's Reading Room forward.
There is just to much to do and I can no longer handle it on my own.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email and we can try and get the ball rolling.

You can volunteer for a specific task, or just to help. All help is appreciated.Continued on the Next Page

via alzheimersreadingroom.com

Donepezil and Memantine for Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

For the first time, we have robust and compelling evidence that treatment with these drugs can continue to help patients at the later, more severe stages of the disease. We observed that patients who continued taking donepezil were better able to remember, understand, communicate and perform daily tasks for at least a year longer than those who stopped taking the drugs. -- Professor Robert Howard
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Robert Howard

Over the course of the trial, which recruited individuals over a two year period with a one year follow up, patients who continued to take donepezil showed considerably less decline in cognition (memory, orientation, language function, etc) and function (retained ability to carry out simple daily tasks and self-care) than those taking a placebo drug.

The benefits seen with continued treatment were clinically important and were greater than those previously seen in patients with less severe AD.

Patients who started taking memantine (Namenda) also showed better cognitive and functional abilities, although the effect was slightly smaller, compared with those taking a placebo.

Continued on the Next Page

Aricept Price Falls by 90 Percent

Donepezil is marketed under the brand name Aricept by its developer Eisai (TSE) and partner Pfizer (PFE).
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

When you go into the pharmacy looking for the lowest price generic Aricept available you want to ask for Donepezil. This will take all of the guess work out of the equation. 

You can now buy a one year supply of Donepezil for $109.00. 

This time last year you might have expected to pay $3,000.00 or more for a one year supply. Imagine. 

Remarkable.

Continued on the Next Page

via alzheimersreadingroom.com