Reuters - Treatment with galantamine, a drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease, in combination with atropine, protects guinea pigs from lethal doses of the nerve agents sarin and soman and the insecticide parathion, new research shows.

AP - A medicine used to treat patients with Alzheimer's Disease may point the way to better care in cases of poisoning by nerve agents and pesticides.

Reuters - An Alzheimer's pill that helps slow the brain damage caused by the disease may also protect against the effects of nerve gases and pesticides, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

A new study concludes that drinking apple juice may help stave off Alzheimer's and combat aging in the brain. Researchers at the Center for Cellular Neurobiology & Neurodegeneration Research at the University of Massachusetts, say the fruit may improve memory by fighting the degeneration of...

Raised blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, obesity and lack of exercise in middle age are risk predictors for dementia later in life, scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said on Thursday. The scientists said their findings show that changes in lifestyle could prevent Alzheimer's...

Reuters - As with heart disease and other illnesses, lifestyle factors are key to preventing the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, Swedish researchers said on Thursday.

AP - Not a word is spoken as five aging artists sit at a table in a small room and draw. Talking is discouraged, since it can be distracting: The artists are Alzheimer's patients in the first stages of the dementia disorder that afflicts an estimated 4.5 million Americans.

Reuters - As with heart disease and other illnesses, lifestyle factors are key to preventing the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, Swedish researchers said on Thursday.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Do hormones affect men's risk for Alzheimer's disease?

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Do hormones affect men's risk for Alzheimer's disease?

Reuters - Higher levels of estrogen are associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease in older men, according to a report from the Netherlands.

Reuters - Australian mental health researchers have developed a once-a-day pill they believe might stop or slow the onset of Alzheimer's disease, with human trials expected within two months.

Australian scientists say they may have found a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Human trials are expected to start soon on a once-a-day pill that would fight the disease.

AP - Alzheimer's patients may soon get the first skin patch to treat the creeping brain degeneration, a novel way to deliver an older drug so that it's easier to take and might even work a little better.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- The first patch designed to deliver a widely used Alzheimer's medication via the skin appears to minimize side effects while being easy to use, Swedish researchers say.

Reuters - Alzheimer's patients wearing a once-daily skin patch experience fewer side effects than those who take the drugs in an oral pill, according to the results of a six-month drug trial released on Wednesday.

Reuters - The Alzheimer's drug Aricept not only improves memory and understanding in patients but appears to slow the characteristic shrinkage of the brain, researchers reported on Monday.

Reuters - Diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions appear to worsen the risk of Alzheimer's disease but drugs that help regulate blood sugar may help patients with dementia as well, researchers report.

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Gradual weight loss can precede dementia and begin as early as 10 years prior to memory loss, concludes a Mayo Clinic study involving women with and without dementia.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The estimated total worldwide cost of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia now tops $248 billion U.S annually, researchers said Sunday.