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1466.  Palm Beach Daily News (FL) - January 27, 2001 

DOCTOR: DRUGS TO DELAY ALZHEIMER'S  
  Help is on the horizon.Within the next five years, medical researchers will identify drugs that will postpone the onset of Alzheimer's disease, predicted Dr. Carl Sadowsky, medical director of the Memory Disorder Center at St. Mary's Medical Center. There is no cure for the disease, which results in impaired memory, cognitive ability and behavior for an estimated four million Americans, Sadowsky said Friday at a public forum at the Royal Poinciana Chapel. The Rev....

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1466.  Newsday (Melville, NY) - December 12, 2000 

Targeting Alzheimer's Biological Defects / Growing understanding means more treatment options Sidebars: 1) Progression Of the Disease 2) The Search for Genetic Risk Factors (see end of text)  
  FAYE'S DRESSER is filled with medicines and vitamins that hold promise for keeping her memories intact. Four years have passed since the 76-year-old Long Island woman was diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's, and she is still a member of the early-stage support group of the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation. Once or twice a week she joins a dozen others, all of whom share the knowledge that one day their memories will vanish and they will fall victim to one of...

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1466.  Portland Press Herald (ME) - October 12, 2000 

ATTACKING ALZHEIMER'S  
  Hundreds of people participated in Memory Walks around the state last week, part of an effort to raise money for the millions of people in this country affected by Alzheimer's disease.In York County, walks were held in Kennebunk and York, sponsored by the Maine Alzheimer's Association. Participating in the walks "makes you feel like you can do something in a helpless situation," said Mary Jo Paiva, co-chair of the Kennebunk walk and director...

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1466.  Asheville Citizen-Times (NC) - September 25, 2000 

ALZHEIMER'S CARE-GIVERS NEED RELIEF, TOO FAMILIES COPE WITH PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL DRAIN OF ROUND-THE-CLOCK JOB  
  HENDERSONVILLE - Being born into a family with 10 siblings did not spare Vernon Jones the isolation of caring for a wife with Alzheimer's disease. "I've got three brothers and three sisters who won't come by the house they won't call me," said the Hendersonville 66-year-old, whose wife, Jane, was diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease eight years ago. "They don't know what to say or how to...

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1466.  Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - May 11, 2000 

UK CENTER ON AGING RESEARCH GRANT RENEWED ALZHEIMER'S STUDIES ARE ON CUTTING EDGE  
  Alzheimer's disease remains a mysterious, incurable disorder that destroys the minds and lives of those unlucky enough to get it. But scientists are beginning to see some light.In the next few years, scientists hope to learn how to identify at-risk individuals and to create treatments that prevent symptoms from developing. That could be important news for the 40,000 to 60,000 Kentuckians -- and 4 million Americans -- who have Alzheimer's. The University of...

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1466.  The Hartford Courant - March 14, 2000 

PINPOINTING MEMORY LOSS IDENTIFYING MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT COULD HELP DELAY ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S  
  Between forgetting where you left your eyeglasses and the fatal haze of Alzheimer's disease lies a wide and mostly uncharted territory.Until recently, scientists lacked landmarks to define the boundaries between the normal slowdown of mental function that comes with aging and the onset of Alzheimer's. That mental terra incognita, however, now has a medical name -- mild cognitive impairment. And by recognizing its symptoms, doctors hope they can help people ward off...

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1466.  Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - February 29, 2000 

ADJUSTING TO LIFE WITH ALZHEIMER'S,  BOTH PATIENT AND CARETAKER NEED TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM  
  It's a diagnosis nearly everyone dreads: to be told that the growing forgetfulness and muddled thinking they have noticed are not the result of ordinary aging, but instead, the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.The news changes everything. And some people want to deny it, to try to hide the disease and its presence in their home. Someone becomes the caretaker, piling the exhausting work on top of his or her regular routine. As Alzheimer's starts to...

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1466.  Houston Chronicle - June 6, 1999 

AS AMERICA GRAYS, THE GROWING RANKS OF THE ELDERLY WILL INCLUDE MANY WHO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HOMES ARE BEING BUILT TO MEET THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS. A facility for caring  
  When Joan Jacobson's 79-year-old mother tried to climb over the balcony of their home, Jacobson knew it was time to find a safer place for her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. But it was an arduous search that involved visits to at least a dozen facilities and a short stay at a place that didn't work out."There are so few places that have worked hard to understand the disease and are focusing on what each individual patient...

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1466.  Staten Island Advance (NY) - April 26, 1999 

Pointers on communicating with Alzheimer's patient ALZHEIMER'S UPDATE by GLADYS SCHWEIGER and MICHAEL AVALTRONI  
  The way in which Alzheimer's disease affects a person's communication skills varies from person to person, but in some cases, a dramatic decline in interpersonal skills can be noted.This often leads to difficulties between caregiver and patient and ultimately will lead to extreme frustration experienced by both the patient and caregiver. A person with Alzheimer's disease may find it increasingly more difficult to express him or herself in words, and may...