Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's: The Need for Answers, Taking Care
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Although no cure for Alzheimer's is available now, planning and medical/social management can help ease the burden on both patient and family members. Physical exercise, good nutrition, and social activities are important.

Forgetfulness or Alzheimer's?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
While most people understand at least some of the horrifying aspects of Alzheimer's disease, DeKosky says a big challenge is educating people regarding the widely held assumption that people are supposed to have memory impairment as they age.

Alzheimer's: The Mysteries of Memory
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, degenerative disease attacking the brain and resulting in impaired thinking, behavior and memory, was first described by Alois Alzheimer, M.D., in 1906. German researchers recently found an important set of notes

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
by National Institute of Health
Alzheimer's disease is an illness of the brain. It causes large numbers of nerve cells in the brain to die. This affects your ability to remember things and think clearly. Doctors don't know what causes the disease.

Dr. Bob's Super Mind Power
Brain Fitness: Anti-Aging to Fight Alzheimer's Disease, Supercharge Your Memory, Sharpen Your Intelligence, De-Stress Your Mind, Control Mood Swings
by Robert Goldman, M.D.
We all want to be smarter and more alert, to require less sleep and better handle the stresses and strains that life throws our way. I have always been fascinated with how powerful the mind can make us feel and how far the inner self can be pushed.

A New Start: The Art of Friendship
A Dignified Life : The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, A Guide for Family Caregivers
by Virginia Bell, MSW, David Troxel, MPH
Alzheimer's disease changes us all. Because of the associated memory loss and confusion, your mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, or partner may no longer know you or understand his or her relationship to you.

Part 1
What's Happening to Grandpa?
by Maria Shriver
From New York Times bestselling author Maria Shriver comes a poignant and compassionate story about one family coping with Alzheimer's disease and memory loss. Kate has always adored her grandpa's storytelling-but lately he's been repeating the same

The Cortisol Connection
Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory
by Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., Cameron Stauth
He was afraid that he had early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and feared that I would soon doom him with that diagnosis. He knew that if he did have Alzheimer's, conventional medicine could do little to help him.

Alzheimer's Disease
Live Now, Age Later: Proven Ways to Slow Down the Clock
by Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.
Any discussion of aging with someone older than fifty invariably makes them anxious about eventually losing their marbles. Most of the other devastating ailments of mankind, heart trouble, stroke, even AIDS - don't usually produce the kind of terror

The Brain, Memory, and Alzheimer's Disease
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM) Alzheimer's Disease : The Complete Guide to Preventing, Treating, and Coping with Memory Loss (What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About...(Paperback))
by Deborah Mitchell, Gayatri Devi, M.D.
Perhaps the biggest mystery that faces humankind is not whether there is life on other planets or how the universe began, but exactly how the human brain works. I believe the human brain is the last frontier. What is thought? What is memory?