HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who complain that they are having trouble remembering things -- especially when they are at a genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease -- may be at higher risk for cognitive decline, a new study shows.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who complain that they are having trouble remembering things -- especially when they are at a genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease -- may be at higher risk for cognitive decline, a new study shows.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If a family member, friend, or loved one has Alzheimer's disease, you know how difficult the disease is to observe and manage.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Giving more weight to the notion that Alzheimer's may be a diabetes-like disease, researchers say rats depleted of insulin in the brain went on to develop an Alzheimer's-like illness.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Giving more weight to the notion that Alzheimer's may be a diabetes-like disease, researchers say rats depleted of insulin in the brain went on to develop an Alzheimer's-like illness.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Aricept, which is typically used to treat mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, seems to reverse some cognitive and functional deterioration in patients with severe forms of the disease, Swedish researchers report.

AFP - Donepezil, a drug prescribed for people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's, can help individuals with severe forms of the brain disease, a study says.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that a natural enzyme may help prevent Alzheimer's disease onset.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that a natural enzyme may help prevent Alzheimer's disease onset.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Most diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease are delayed until more than two years after the first symptoms appeared, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) – According to a new survey by the Alzheimers Foundation of America, stigma and denial of symptoms can delay a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by more than two years after symptoms appear. When people with Alzheimer's disease are...

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Most diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease are delayed until more than two years after the first symptoms appeared, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Reuters - Concern over stigma and denial can delay diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease for years, meaning patients do not receive treatment that could slow its progress, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Six months of treatment with the Alzheimer's drug Aricept significantly improved cognitive function, mood and quality of life in brain tumor patients after radiation therapy, U.S. researchers report.

Reuters - Scientists have identified a substance in the brain of mice that causes memory loss, which could be a new target for drugs to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Reuters - Medications used to combat high blood pressure appear to be linked to a lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published on Monday.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Mar. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Taking medications to lower blood pressure, particularly diuretics, may help reduce risks for Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.

AP - 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 better than average.

AP - In a series of self-portraits he painted to document the progressive ravaging of his brain by Alzheimer's disease, William Utermohlen disappears before our eyes — and his own.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, an experimental drug has been shown to curb both forms of brain lesions found in Alzheimer's disease -- at least in mice.