My mother has advanced alzheimers.My father is 91 and is presently very ill.When he passes, what do I do? What do I say to her about where he is? Please help.

Vitamin E is an important preventative for the inevitable decline of mind and body as we age.

Often weight loss happens years before there are any symptoms of memory loss. Proper nutrition and exercise can help.

Two drugs are better than one for treating the middle stage of Alzheimer’s. This week’s Journal of the American Medical Association published the important study - the first to combine two drugs that are FDA approved for treatment of AD.

In May a four-part TV series on Alzheimer’s disease called “The Alzheimer’s Project” will air. The HBO series will examine groundbreaking Alzheimer discoveries made by the country’s leading scientists and the effects this debilitating terminal disease has on those afflicted with Alzheimer’s.

New research suggests that a drug like Aricept might be helpful in the early stages of mild impairment.

I have received quite a few emails from overwhelmed caregivers and their families. Many want to know about a “miracle” drug combination, a safe sedative or how to avoid the fallout of irritability.

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Sometimes in science, an idea hangs loosely in the background for many years because researchers don’t know how to make proper sense of it. Then there is a breakthrough and suddenly the hypothesis is being talked about researchers.

Older people with symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment who are also depressed are often propelled into Alzheimer’s disease because of the depression!