Terry Pratchett says he has Alzheimer's
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Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, he said in a message posted to his illustrator's Web site.
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(HealthDay News) -- Wandering -- moving about without a definite purpose in mind -- is a common trait of a person with Alzheimer&#39;s disease and other forms of dementia. This can be dangerous for the patient, and be a source of great stress for worried caregivers and loved ones.
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SCIENTISTS have revealed a top 10 list of smells, including lemons and leather, which can be used to help predict which patients will develop Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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Social workers looking after an 82-year-old Alzheimer&#39;s sufferer abandoned at a hospital believe his family might have gone to Spain.
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Many cannot help wondering if Alzheimerâs disease has peeled back inhibitions to expose an ugly side that the patient was repressing all along.
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Around 700,000 Britons suffer from dementia and the condition costs the nation's economy 17 billion pounds annually, the Alzheimer's Society has said Tuesday.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- Unless Americans make some lifestyle changes now, the number of Alzheimer's disease cases in the United States will double to 6 million by 2030, say experts who caution that their estimates are on the low side.
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Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, he said in a message posted to his illustrator's website.
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British-based relatives of an elderly Alzheimer&#39;s sufferer abandoned at a hospital have been in discussions about his future care with the council looking after him.
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A new study shows that elderly men who walk less than a quarter-mile per day are almost twice as likely to develop dementia as those who walk 2 miles a day.
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Iris Murdoch, one of the greatest  British novelists of the 20th century, revealed the first signs  of Alzheimer's disease in her final novel, researchers said on  Wednesday.
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One of BritainÂs most lauded authors has been accused in newspaper articles of copying phrases for his best-selling novel ÂAtonementÂ in 2001 from a memoir published in 1977.
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Writer loses long-running battle with cancer
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The ability to detect 10 smells -- including lemons, lilac, and leather -- can be used to help predict which people with cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists say.
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Scientists have identified a group  of proteins that together indicate a person has Alzheimer's  disease in what may be a big step toward an accurate test for  the devastating brain ailment.
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Alzheimerâs seems to strike suddenly in old age, but scientists believe it begins long before symptoms occur.
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HAINESPORT, N.J. -- It looks like a toy, but the bracelet locked around Bob Melnick's wrist gives his wife some peace of mind: If this Alzheimer's patient wanders off and gets lost, he's wearing a tracking beacon to help bring him home.