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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Dementia</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/topic/dementia" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://factsaboutdementia.com/topic/dementia</id><updated>2011-12-16T10:30:35Z</updated><entry><title>Report slams hospitals' dementia care</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/report-slams-hospitals-dementia-care-4877685a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-16T10:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP European Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-12-16:/report-slams-hospitals-dementia-care-4877685a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hospitals in &lt;a title="England" href="/topic/England" &gt;England&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" &gt;Wales&lt;/a&gt; are failing to deliver adequate care to patients with dementia, a study said on Friday. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The National Audit of Dementia -- the first of its kind -- said dementia sufferers, who are mostly elderly, were dealt with "in a largely impersonal manner" and staff often fail to take simple steps that would lessen their distress. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Staff do not always talk to patients d...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Wales"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Society"></category><category term="Royal College of Psychiatrists"></category><category term="England"></category><category term="Paul Burstow"></category></entry><entry><title>More and more dementia patients hospitalized</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/dementia-patients-hospitalized-4858009a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-16T14:31:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-11-16:/dementia-patients-hospitalized-4858009a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A new analysis of elderly dementia patients has found that by 2050, between three and seven million may be hospitalized each year, up from just over one million a few years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's worrisome both because the health care system is already strained, researchers say, and because the aggressive care given in hospitals might not be the best option for those patient...</summary><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Aging and the Elderly"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Harvard Medical School"></category><category term="University of Massachusetts Amherst"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="University of South Florida"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Susan Mitchell"></category><category term="End of Life Decisions"></category><category term="Institute for Aging Research"></category><category term="Long-Term Care"></category><category term="Hospice Care"></category><category term="Archives of Internal Medicine"></category></entry><entry><title>Laughter good medicine for dementia patients:study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/laughter-good-medicine-dementia-patientsstudy-4837735a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-28T21:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-09-28:/laughter-good-medicine-dementia-patientsstudy-4837735a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;SYDNEY&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Laughter may be good medicine for elderly dementia patients -- and best of all, it doesn't have side effects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Australian humor therapist &lt;span&gt;Jean-Paul Bell&lt;/span&gt; was originally a clown doctor working with sick children, but now he makes the elderly laugh through a programme called Play-Up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bell was also the key humor therapist in a &lt;a title="Sydney (Australia)" hr...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Mental Health"></category><category term="Mental Health Treatments"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Sydney (Australia)"></category><category term="Australia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Oceania"></category><category term="University of New South Wales"></category><category term="Mental Health Drug Therapy"></category><category term="Arts Health Institute"></category></entry><entry><title>Most cases of dementia are not diagnosed: report</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/cases-dementia-diagnosed-report-4830939a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-13T07:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-09-13:/cases-dementia-diagnosed-report-4830939a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - About 28 million of the nearly 36 million people living with Alzheimer's and other dementias have not been diagnosed, robbing them from the benefit of treatments and the chance to have a say in their future care, according to a report released Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It found that many people are not diagnosed with dementia until the disease...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Association"></category><category term="Aricept"></category><category term="Exelon Corporation"></category><category term="Reminyl"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="Pfizer Inc."></category><category term="Exelon Patch"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Eisai Co. Ltd."></category><category term="Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease International"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Why You Should Monitor Your Elderly Parents' Mail</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/monitor-elderly-parents-mail-4819739a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-15T10:30:26Z</updated><author><name>Kiplinger.com</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-08-15:/monitor-elderly-parents-mail-4819739a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Scams aren't the only thing to watch for. Pleas for cash from legitimate organizations can be just as dangerous to your parents' bank account.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scams aren't the only thing to watch for. Pleas for cash from legitimate organizations can be just as dangerous to your parents' bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wrote about managing your parents' money when they no longer can in the February issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. One of my suggestions was to monitor their ma...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Twitter Inc."></category><category term="Direct Marketing Association"></category><category term="Social Security"></category></entry><entry><title>Lifestyle changes may cut Alzheimer's risk: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/lifestyle-cut-alzheimers-risk-study-4808736a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-19T17:30:10Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-07-19:/lifestyle-cut-alzheimers-risk-study-4808736a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Up to half of worldwide cases of Alzheimer's disease could be due to modifiable lifestyle risk factors, according to a study released Tuesday based on a mathematical model.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The theoretical analysis suggests that seven known behaviour-related risk factors, taken together, account for 50 percent of the more than 35 million cases of dementia worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The findings "suggest that relatively simple lifestyle changes such as increasing physical activity and quitting smoking could h...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="University of California-San Francisco"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Head injuries in war, sports may boost dementia</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/head-injuries-war-sports-boost-dementia-4808323a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-18T20:30:08Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-07-18:/head-injuries-war-sports-boost-dementia-4808323a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brain injuries sustained on the battlefield and the gridiron of American football likely boost the risk of dementia later in life, according to two studies released Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a third study, also presented at an international Alzheimer's conference in &lt;span&gt;Paris&lt;/span&gt; this week, researchers unveiled evidence that falling over in daily life may be an early warning sign of the onset of Alzheimer's.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Older war veterans who experienced traumatic brain injury face a doubled risk ...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Sciences"></category><category term="Life Sciences"></category><category term="Cognitive Science"></category><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Football"></category><category term="Afghanistan"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Iraq"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="MCI Inc."></category><category term="Washington University in St. Louis"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Association"></category><category term="Loyola University Health System"></category><category term="Brain Injuries"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>For dementia, common painkillers may work best: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/dementia-common-painkillers-work-study-4808208a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-18T14:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-07-18:/dementia-common-painkillers-work-study-4808208a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ordinary painkillers such as paracetamol may work better than the risky antipyschotic drugs often prescribed to calm agitation in people with dementia, according to a study released Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patients with severe dementia showed significantly less agitation when taking ordinary pain medicines than a control group given standard treatment, showed the study, published online by the &lt;span id="british_medical_journal" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="British Medical Journal" href="/topic/British...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Mental Health"></category><category term="Mental Health Treatments"></category><category term="Sweden"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Johns Hopkins University"></category><category term="Karolinska Institute"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="Stockholm"></category><category term="Mental Health Drug Therapy"></category><category term="British Medical Journal"></category></entry><entry><title>Experts warn U.S. to boost Alzheimer's funding</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/experts-warn-boost-alzheimers-funding-4798182a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-24T08:00:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-06-24:/experts-warn-boost-alzheimers-funding-4798182a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Alzheimer's experts urged U.S. lawmakers on Thursday to increase funding for research of the debilitating disease and to push international policymakers to pay more attention to its global impact.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They said the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had fallen behind in efforts to ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Australia"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="World Health Organization"></category><category term="Caribbean"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="South Korea"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Dominican Republic"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Oceania"></category><category term="United Nations General Assembly"></category><category term="Ed Markey"></category><category term="Chris Smith"></category><category term="Joseph Deiss"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease International"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category><category term="National Alzheimer's Project Act"></category></entry><entry><title>New test may predict Alzheimer's early: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/new-test-predict-alzheimers-early-study-4797327a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-22T15:30:23Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-06-22:/new-test-predict-alzheimers-early-study-4797327a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A new way of testing for signs of Alzheimer's disease in spinal fluid may help more accurately identify which people with mild memory deficits will progress to full-blown dementia, researchers reported on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The findings, released in the journal Neurology, are part of a push to find new ways to diagnose Alzheimer's ear...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Germany"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Manhasset"></category><category term="Feinstein Institute for Medical Research"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Technical University Munich"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Extra weight linked to dementia risk: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/extra-weight-linked-dementia-risk-study-4775263a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-02T14:30:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-05-02:/extra-weight-linked-dementia-risk-study-4775263a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Carrying around extra pounds during middle age was associated with a higher risk of dementia later in life in a new study that followed twins in &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Sweden" href="/topic/Sweden" &gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for 30 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The research was not set up to prove that dementia was caused by the added weight, but &lt;span&gt;Dr. Weili Xu&lt;/span&gt;, the study's lead author from ...</summary><category term="Diet and Nutrition"></category><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Sweden"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Kaiser Permanente"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="Oakland"></category><category term="Stockholm"></category><category term="Body Weight"></category></entry><entry><title>US updates guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/updates-guidelines-diagnosing-alzheimers-4769648a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-19T03:30:22Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-04-19:/updates-guidelines-diagnosing-alzheimers-4769648a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; announced that guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, have been updated for the first time in almost three decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new guidelines acknowledge that memory loss may not be the primary clue in the early stages of the disease, and include three phases for diagnosing the disease instead of one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The changes reflect a growing body of knowledge about early change...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="National Institutes of Health"></category><category term="National Institute on Aging"></category><category term="Richard Hodes"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Association"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease International"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>New Alzheimer's guidelines view disease in stages</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/new-alzheimers-guidelines-view-disease-stages-4769594a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-18T22:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-04-18:/new-alzheimers-guidelines-view-disease-stages-4769594a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The first new &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease released in 27 years paint the disorder as a disease that occurs gradually over many years, starting with changes in the brain, then mild memory problems and finally progressing to full-blown dementia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Released on Tuesday by the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Natio...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="University of California-Los Angeles"></category><category term="Food and Drug Administration"></category><category term="Johns Hopkins Medicine"></category><category term="National Institute on Aging"></category><category term="Brigham and Women's Hospital"></category><category term="Eli Lilly and Company"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Association"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Brain shrinks 10 years before dementia onset: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/brain-shrinks-10-years-dementia-onset-study-4767455a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-13T16:30:16Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-04-13:/brain-shrinks-10-years-dementia-onset-study-4767455a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;People with Alzheimer's disease may start experiencing shrinking of parts of the brain as many as 10 years before the degenerative condition is diagnosed, a &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;US&lt;/a&gt; study suggested on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While the results are still preliminary, scientists said the findings could one day provide a way to identify by MRI scan which individuals are most likely to develop the disease, which can run in families and has no cure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;US resear...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Medical Treatments and Procedures"></category><category term="Sciences"></category><category term="Life Sciences"></category><category term="Cognitive Science"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Harvard Medical School"></category><category term="American Academy of Neurology"></category><category term="Medical Imaging and Diagnostics"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category><category term="Bradford Dickerson"></category></entry><entry><title>Hearing loss in elderly linked to dementia: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/hearing-loss-elderly-linked-dementia-study-4742753a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-15T12:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-02-15:/hearing-loss-elderly-linked-dementia-study-4742753a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elderly people with hearing loss have a greater chance of developing dementia, a risk that increases as their deafness worsens, according to a new report said Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The research studied 639 individuals between the ages of 36 and 90 without dementia, who were given cognitive and hearing testing between 1990 and 1994.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The test subjects were followed for the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease through May 2008, according to the study published in the February issu...</summary><category term="Hearing Loss and Deafness"></category><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Johns Hopkins University"></category><category term="Journal of the American Medical Association"></category><category term="Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Could hearing aids delay dementia?</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/hearing-aids-delay-dementia-4742315a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-14T14:30:20Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-02-14:/hearing-aids-delay-dementia-4742315a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Unlikely as it sounds, &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; researchers have found that people who are hard of hearing have increased odds of developing dementia as they age.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The results don't prove hearing loss causes the mental decline by itself, but they fuel hopes that wider use of hearing aids might help stem the rising tide of dementia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, more than one in ten Am...</summary><category term="Hearing Loss and Deafness"></category><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Johns Hopkins University"></category><category term="National Institutes of Health"></category><category term="National Institute on Aging"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine"></category></entry><entry><title>Scientists closing in on Alzheimer's tests</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/scientists-closing-alzheimers-tests-4731039a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-18T13:30:26Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Health News</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2011-01-18:/scientists-closing-alzheimers-tests-4731039a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; researchers are closing in on tests that can detect biological signs of Alzheimer's disease, an advance that would improve diagnosis and help in the search for treatments for the mind-robbing disease.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A team at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Eli Lilly and Company" href="/topic/Eli+Lilly+and+Company" &gt;Eli Lilly and Co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/s...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Medical Treatments and Procedures"></category><category term="Technology"></category><category term="Medical Technology"></category><category term="Nuclear Medicine"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Food and Drug Administration"></category><category term="Eli Lilly and Company"></category><category term="Journal of the American Medical Association"></category><category term="Bayer AG"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="General Electric Company"></category><category term="Medical Imaging and Diagnostics"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category><category term="Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc."></category></entry><entry><title>Working with pesticides linked to dementia: study</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/working-pesticides-linked-dementia-study-4704006a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-01T16:30:39Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2010-12-01:/working-pesticides-linked-dementia-study-4704006a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Long-term exposure to pesticides may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to a study released Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Workers "directly exposed" to bug and weed killers while toiling in the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="France" href="/topic/France" &gt;France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; were five times more likely to score less well on a battery of neurological tests than those with minimal or no exposure, the study found.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As revealing, this high...</summary><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Alzheimer's Disease"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Brazil"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Brain and Nerve Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Viral Infections Linked to Dementia</title><link href="http://factsaboutdementia.com/viral-infections-linked-dementia-4631578a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-30T12:40:25Z</updated><author><name>WebMD</name></author><id>tag:factsaboutdementia.com,2010-11-30:/viral-infections-linked-dementia-4631578a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Contagious and Infectious Diseases"></category><category term="Geriatric Medicine"></category><category term="Dementia"></category><category term="Sexual and Reproductive Health"></category><category term="Sexually Transmitted Diseases"></category><category term="Herpes"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Aging and the Elderly"></category><category term="Finland"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="American Heart Association"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="University of Helsinki"></category><category term="Cardiovascular Medicine"></category><category term="Timo Strandberg"></category></entry><entry><title>Writing About the Perception of 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