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Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet  

Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's type dementia is a progressive degeneration of brain tissue that primarily strikes people over age 65. This disease is marked by a devastating mental decline. Intellectual functions such as memory, comprehension and speech deteriorate.

 

Health: Diseases and Conditions: Neurologic: Alzheimer's Disease  

Dedicated to researching the prevention, cures and treatments of Alzheimer's disease nationwide.

 

Alzheimer's Disease Research Center  

A comprehensive research tool for people who are living with Alzheimer's disease. Learn how to help without hindering, find out the latest development news or even discover how to obtain clinical training in AD.

 

The Alzheimer Page  

Sponsored by Washington University, this is an informal place to find answers to questions about Alzheimer's disease. Subscribers share comments and coping tips, and the aging and dementia links make this a good starting point for research.

 

Did Government Approve Citizens as Toxic Waste Sites?   

This piece cites research from the Environmental Protection Agency, Harvard studies and other sources suggesting a link between water fluoridation and conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and attention deficit disorder. Read about cover-up theories.

 

Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay   

ASEB is a non-profit community organization, based in California, which provides day care, activities, health care, and therapy for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

 

The Whole Brain Atlas     

Harvard Medical School lets you look inside your head, with scanned pictures and time-lapse video clips of the brain. Notes on neuroimaging explain CT, MRI and PET scans. See how the normal brain is different from the aging or diseased brain.

 

JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association   

The world's most widely read medical journal delivers health policy news and clinical reports every week. Browse the journal online or subscribe to the print version. The News Update posts press releases from the American Medical Association...... 

 

AMERICAN BIOGENETIC SCIENCES, INC.  

This is a global biopharmaceutical and diagnostic company which conducts research and development in its own facilities at Boston University BioSquare, Massachusetts and through its Global Scientific Network in the U.S., Europe, Israel and Russia. ABS seeks to discover and commercialize products in the fields of cardiology and neurobiology. The Company’s enabling
technology includes a patented Antigen-Free mouse colony which allows for the generation of highly specific monoclonal antibodies that cannot be acquired from conventional systems. 

 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School  

This is a search page, if scroll down the page you will see several articles about the Alzheimer's research that has been done at Harvard Medical School.

 

 

 

  

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