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1990.  Washington Post - February 20, 1987 

GENETIC DEFECT IN ALZHEIMER'S ILLNESS ISOLATED FINDINGS MAY HELP DETERMINE CAUSE  
  Researchers today reported several critical findings about Alzheimer's disease that experts believe could help lead to the discovery of its cause. In scientific journal articles published this week, different groups of researchers said they have found the location of a gene that causes a form of the disease.At the same time, scientists reported that they have isolated a genetic substance that causes some of the brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer's...

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1989.  Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - April 25, 2006 

ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH ON MICE OFFERS NEW HOPE: NOVATO'S BUCK INSTITUTE REPORTS SUCCESS IN BLOCKING DISEASE IN ANIMALS, BEGINS WORK ON DRUG TO DUPLICATE EFFECT  
  Researchers in Marin County have blocked the effects of Alzheimer's disease in mice, a step that could lead to reducing the fatal brain disorder's ravages on an aging American population.A study released Monday by the Buck Institute of Novato reveals a new approach to treating Alzheimer's, focusing on an obscure protein believed responsible for the memory loss and dementia that affect 4.5 million Americans. The net result of the center's...

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1989.  Long Beach Press-Telegram (CA) - March 12, 2006 

RACE ON FOR ALZHEIMER'S CURE,  HEALTH: COMPANIES FUND STUDIES TO FIND BETTER TREATMENT.  
  It's tragedy enough that Pat Williams' mother has Alzheimer's disease. But Williams is also terrified because her chances of inheriting the disease are much higherthan average.So Williams eagerly enrolled her 90-year-old mother last year in a massive, 1,600-patient, 18month clinical trial testing an experimental drug made by the biotechnology company Myriad Genetics Inc. The drug, called Flurizan, slowed the mind-robbing disease in some of the 128...

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1989.  State, The (Columbia, SC) - August 11, 2005 

CAMPBELL ENTERS ALZHEIMER'S FACILITY  
  Former Gov. Carroll Campbell, who has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for nearly six years, has been admitted to a residential treatment facility for full-time care."Sadly, it became apparent that, despite the family's best efforts, Governor Campbell must have around-the-clock professional care at a facility dedicated to that purpose," family friend Bob McAlister said. "The family made that decision after many tears and...

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1989.  Anchorage Daily News (AK) - December 23, 2004 

Passed over,  Early-stage Alzheimer's patients get little state help ANCHORAGE TEENS LOBBY FOR CHANGE  
  A teenage girl in Anchorage thinks the way Alzheimer's patients are treated in Alaska is so sorry that she has made it her mission to change the system. Some classmates are helping. And now legislators seem to be listening. In Alaska, people with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia are more likely to go it alone -- without much government help -- than in most other states.Alaskans in earlier stages of the disease typically don't qualify for...

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1989.  Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) - April 6, 2004 

ALZHEIMER'S STUDY SHARPENS FOCUS ON DISEASE TIMETABLE,  NEW PROGNOSIS METHODS COULD HELP WITH PLANNING REST OF LIFE  
  The most frightening question for someone newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease traditionally has been one without an answer."They need to know what kind of timetable they're looking at," said Dr. Marie-Florence Shadlen, assistant professor of gerontology and geriatrics at the University of Washington. "In general, we have been pretty vague about that."Now, a new understanding of Alzheimer's prognosis...

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1989.  Dayton Daily News (OH) - February 9, 2004 

A SMART IDEA,  'Alzheimer's for Dummies' helps make confusing information easier for those dealing with this much-misunderstood disease  
  The title of the book may seem offensive, but Alzheimer's for Dummies - the recently released easy-to-understand discussion of this pervasive disease - is just the latest indication of how starved for information we are about this disorder as our population ages.The incidence of Alzheimer's is estimated to be around 2 percent in people 70 and older, increasing to more than 30 percent by the time we reach 90. The average age of onset is about 73, and by 2040, when...

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1989.  Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - January 20, 2004 

THE EPIDEMIC OF ELDER MEMORY LOSS: ALZHEIMER'S  
  The title of the book may seem offensive, but Alzheimer's for Dummies - the recently released easy-to-understand discussion of this pervasive disease - is just the latest indication of how starved for information we are about this disorder as our population ages.The incidence of Alzheimer's is estimated to be around 2 percent in people 70 and older, increasing to more than 30 percent by the time we reach 90. The average age of onset is about 73, and by 2040, when...

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1989.  Daily Herald - January 5, 2004 

A different way to fight Alzheimer's The first in a new class of drugs aimed at the most common cause of dementia hits the market this month  
  Desperate patients and caregivers who've wanted to try the "new" Alzheimer's drug memantine basically have had two choices.They could try to get it through a clinical trial, which usually meant playing the odds because you could end up taking a placebo instead of the real thing.Or they could take their chances and buy it over the Internet from Germany or another country where memantine has been used for years.Things are about to...