2. Families Need to Know When Dementia Becomes Terminal - US News and World Report
Too often, onerous, futile medical interventions are ordered for these end-stage patients, researchers say

3. Drop in Certain Visual Skills May Precede Alzheimer's - US News and World Report
Decline in spatial understanding can occur 3 years before diagnosis, study finds

4. Alzheimer's Disease Is Sharply Rising, But You Can Lower Your Odds - US News and World Report
Research is mounting that diet, exercise, and social and mental engagement play a protective role.

5. David Holtzman: Attacking Alzheimer's With a New Test for Amyloid Beta - US News and World Report
His SILK test quickly reveals whether medication is working to limit the harmful protein amyloid beta.

6. A New Way to Predict Alzheimer's? (And Ways to Ward Off Memory Loss) - US News and World Report
A new study suggests an index that might one day measure the risk of dementia.

7. 4 Promising Autism Treatments, From Vitamin B12 to Alzheimer's Drug Namenda - US News and World R...
And 4 "treatments" that are untested and unproven. Plus, how to spot a bogus autism therapy.

8. 10 Things You Should Know About Alzheimer's Disease - US News and World Report
Dementia exacts a toll in cost and caregiver health-and some states will get walloped in coming years.

9. Alzheimer's disease  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Alzheimer's disease (AD), one form of dementia, is a progressive, degenerative brain disease. It affects memory, thinking, and behavior. Memory impairment is a necessary feature for the diagnosis of this or any type of dementia. Change in one of the...• Reviewer: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

10. Alzheimer's Disease  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia , a neurologic disease characterized by loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living, lasting at least six months, and not present from birth. A...• Author: Belinda Rowland, Teresa G. Odle