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Senior Holiday Checklist The 'Look and See Signs' That Can Tell Whether Your Loved Ones Need Help at Home
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 22:37 - http://www.prweb.com/You've just returned to your parents' home for the holidays. The problem is, things don't look the same as they did the last time you were there. Home Instead Senior Care's holiday checklist is a...
Project Lifesaver may prove to be true to its name
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 21:01 - http://www.oakridger.com/It's never too late.''Forgive Ann McRae if she comes down on both sides of that dictum.
Jewish Community Calendar
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 20:51 - http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/Dec. 2 Tues. Alzheimer's Support Group - The Richard Simon Alzheimer's Support Group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. For more information, please call Jan at (609) 748-4618.
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Funds Varinel to Develop Drugs for Neurodegenerative Disease
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 20:40 - http://www.marketwire.com/NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 25, 2008) - The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation'(ADDF) announced today that it provided a grant of $185,000 to Varinel,'Inc., an emerging pharmaceutical...
Martha Slay: Hero for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Hero for Many More
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 18:34 - http://www.ireport.com/Martha Slay and her husband, Joe, received terrible news in'1987. Their first child, son Andrew, had been diagnosed with spinal'muscular atrophy (SMA), the number one genetic killer of babies'under...
Stress can turn the caregiver into a patient
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 16:51 - http://www.healthcentral.com/Researchers say that there are two patients in Alzheimer's care--the person who has dementia and their caregiver.
Roche snaps up Memory Pharma for $50M
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 16:28 - http://www.fiercebiotech.com/Roche is buying Memory Pharmaceuticals for $50 million. The pharma giant is paying 61 cents a share, a big premium over Memory's bottom-dwelling price of 15 cents a share.'For Roche, it's a chance...
Alzheimer : Key contributor to Alzheimer’s disease process identified
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 16:16 - http://www.newspostonline.com/Researchers from Louisiana State University, New Orleans claim to have identified a key contributor in the development of Alzheimer s disease.'They revealed that a fragment of ribonucleic acid...
Stem cell spin-offs merge with $18M in new VC cash
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 15:22 - http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/Renowned University of Wisconsin stem cell scientist James Thomson is merging three university spin-off companies into a single entity charged with commercializing stem cell technology in drug...
Going Green for Health Inequality
Published on Tuesday 25 November 2008 - 15:10 - http://brainblogger.com/There is little argument that physical activity promotes good health, and that outdoor “green space” such as parks, forests, and recreation fields, promotes physical activity. Many studies have...
