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1465.  The Orange County Register - September 10, 1998 

Alzheimer's burden may grow too costly AGING: Business and government won't be able to handle future toll, says an expert who's seeking more funds toward a cure.  
  How can Alzheimer's disease cost American business $33 billion-plus a year, when most Alzheimer's patients are elderly and beyond employment? Start with $26 billion to cover the cost of absent employees forced into caregiving roles, said Edward Trushke, president of the national Alzheimer's Association.Then add the other losses: a worker's inability to travel because he or she is caring for a loved one, the stress on colleagues who must pick...

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1465.  Newsday (Melville, NY) - June 16, 1998 

Untangling the Clues / Alzheimer's studies find mutant protein kills brain cells  
  A MUTANT GENE for dementia has been shown to damage key brain cells, a finding that may ultimately lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, the condition marked by memory loss. But for now, the finding - in independent reports for three scientific journals - is an extraordinary example of perseverance by a handful of scientists who have always believed that abnormal tau, a protein that in Alzheimer's patients makes up the brain tangles that are a classic mark of...

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1465.  Winston-Salem Journal (NC) - March 13, 1998 

TRIAD LOSES ITS PRIMARY CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S HELP FINANCIAL TROUBLES MAY HAVE LED TO CLOSING  
  The Piedmont Triad N.C. Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association abruptly closed its office Wednesday.The closing left thousands of area Alzheimer's patients and their families without a local outlet for information about the disease. "I'm really distressed. The Alzheimer's Association has been a tremendous source of information for the caregivers of this community," said Cathy Wilson of Winston-Salem. She leads a...

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1465.  Newsday (Melville, NY) - December 21, 1997 

FAMILY FINANCE / Group Helps Families Cope With Alzheimer's  
  Q: My wife has just come down with Alzheimer's disease and I have been advised that if I don't take precautionary steps, it could clean me out financially. Where can I obtain information about the laws that govern Medicare and Medicaid in reference to this problem? - R.L., Sound Beach A: The Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation can help you get information about all your medical, legal and financial options and their potential ramifications.You can...

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1465.  The Tampa Tribune - March 18, 1997 

Alzheimer's architecture a necessity  
  It seems like we hear something new about Alzheimer's disease every day. There's a lot of research going on. Caregivers meet frequently to share their experiences. The local Alzheimer's Association is having its annual conference on March 27 in Tampa. Arden Courts ManorCare Health Services is giving a seminar on April 1 in Clearwater on "Life After Diagnosis."People will talk about the nature of Alzheimer's, the stress...

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1465.  Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - January 9, 1997 

INCOME TAX CHECKOFF, RESEARCH ALLIANCE UNDERWRITE ALZHEIMER'S ADVANCES  
  Summary: $90,000 from Oregon taxpayers will benefit the search for cures and efforts to ease the effects on patients and caregivers Oregon scientists have learned a great deal about Alzheimer's disease, in the last few years, thanks to the Oregon state income tax checkoff and the Alzheimer's Research Alliance of Oregon. , a non-profit group dedicated to finding a cure.Last year, scientists made advances in understanding the biochemistry of...

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1465.  Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - November 4, 1996 

BLOOD TEST MAY DIAGNOSE ALZHEIMER'S PRIOR TO SYMPTOMS  
  People with Alzheimer's appear to have unusually high levels of a certain protein in their blood, and a simple blood test might be able to diagnose the disease before its symptoms appear, a preliminary study suggests.That could give patients and families more time to plan for the future and might open the door to more effective treatment, said researcher Wilfred Jefferies. In addition, tracking levels of the protein might show quickly how well medications are working, which...

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1465.  The Tampa Tribune - October 8, 1996 

Life often can be bleak for Alzheimer's caregivers  
  People who take care of family members with Alzheimer's disease say they worry most about one thing: Their loved ones' comfort. So who worries about the worriers?Someone ought to.A survey of about 500 family caregivers, conducted by Yankelovich Partners for the Alzheimer's Association, paints a stark picture of their bleak lives.More than 80 percent of these caregivers are women.They're in their mid-50s, on average, and their...

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1465.  St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - October 4, 1996 

U RESEARCHERS BREED MICE THAT DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S//BREAKTHROUGH CLEARS WAY FOR DRUG RESEARCH  
  Researchers struggling to unlock the mysteries surrounding Alzheimer's disease should get a significant boost from a new strain of mice developed by a University of Minnesota scientist and her colleagues.The mice, which carry a cloned gene taken from a Swedish family with a history of early-onset Alzheimer's, are the first animals in the world to develop both the classical behavioral symptoms and the brain plaques found in patients with the debilitating disease....