1. Trouble With Daily Activities Could Point to Alzheimer's Risk - US News and World Report
Unusual pattern seems to predict quicker dementia onset, study finds

2. Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives - US News and World Report
Smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol cut 10 years of life, study finds

3. Health: Folic Acid: A Shield Against Alzheimer's? - US News and World Report
Here's another plug for broccoli and leafy green vegetables: The folic acid they contain may help reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. A new study published yesterday in the Archives of Neurology, which followed the diets of 965 senio...

4. Health & Medicine: An Alarming Link - US News and World Report
Eleanor Miller has diabetes. The 81-year-old from Olympia, Wash., doesn't take insulin, and she largely controls her disease with diet and exercise. Her husband, oddly enough, is the one who has taken insulin. Yet Clarence Miller, 82, is not diabeti...

5. New research is helping Alzheimer's patients cope-and hope - US News and World Report
Imagine: Inside your head, your memory is a dark, vast lake, and the waters are receding. Ripples that used to lap steadily on shore, bringing with them the time of day, the names of coworkers, and the location of your car keys, now barely reach. As...

6. Alzheimer's: A view of dementia - US News and World Report
For the past 30 years, scientists have labored mightily to find a way to halt Alzheimer's disease, the relentless brain-destroying disorder that afflicts 4.5 million Americans. But triumphs have been few and frustrations many. In fact, it's still im...

7. Brain and Behavior Diseases and Conditions -Causes, Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment - USNews H...
Learn about brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), brain tumor, depression, headache, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and stroke. Find its causes, prevention, symptoms, tests, ...

8. Alzheimer's disease : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
The older you get, the greater your risk of developing AD, although it is not a part of normal aging. Family history is another common risk factor. In addition to age and family history, risk factors for AD may include: Longstanding high blood pre...• 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.

9. Alzheimer's disease  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Alzheimer's disease, or AD, is a progressive, incurable disease of the brain caused by the degeneration and eventual death of neurons (nerve cells) in several areas of the brain.• Author: Rebecca J. Frey Ph.D.