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alzheimer’s disease
Cures for age-old problems
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
June 24, 2016
When it comes to the health of boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — there’s both bad news and good.
‘Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped?’ NOVA documentary says we’re making progress
Gerri Miller
April 7, 2016
Every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer\’s disease, the progressive form of dementia that causes memory loss and cognitive decline.
Research seeks alzheimer’s diagnosis with blood test
Jewish Journal
March 2, 2016
The progressive dementia Alzheimer’s disease affects some 35 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 115 million by 2050.
New Israeli study links brain hyperactivity to Alzheimer’s
Jewish Journal
August 13, 2014
An Israeli research team has announced new findings that link Alzheimer’s disease to brain hyperactivity and says its research helps explain why so many patients who have this debilitating disease run a high risk of seizures.
Enhanced immune system could cure Alzheimer’s
Jewish Journal
March 19, 2014
Imagine being able to inhibit or reverse a universal affliction — brain degeneration — and specific diseases or physical injuries that cause its sudden onset. This is precisely what Michal Schwartz has spent the last two decades studying, with revolutionary results.
Weeklong event explores Judaism and wellness
Rachel Heller
April 18, 2013
When Rabbi Laura Geller learned that her father had Alzheimer’s disease, she struggled with the news. He was only in his 70s, after all, and it was painful for her to watch the man who had raised her — who she said had been “important and powerful and wonderful” in her life — lose his ability to perform daily tasks.
Eveline Leisner, 75
Jewish Journal
January 23, 2013
Eveline Leisner, a longtime French educator, died on Jan. 5 after living with Alzheimer’s disease for 12 years. She was 75.
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