Features Related to Alzheimer’s Disease

1. The Emotional Toll of Alzheimer's
   

   The Oscar-nominated movie Away from Her portrays a long-married couple struggling with Alzheimer's disease and the emotional toll it causes when the wife, played by actress Julie Christie, gives her affection to another man whom she meets in a nursing home. This heart-wrenching and emotional dramati

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2. Olympia Dukakis: Health Activist
   

   You're a health activist. What sparked your interest? My mother suffered from Alzheimer's. And I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in the early 1990s. It's a message to all women that ... it's not an infirmity you have to endure. Something can be done. Did caring for your mother inspire you to do your

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3. New Thinking About Alzheimer's Treatment
   

   Using powerful new drug-screening technologies, researchers are identifying dozens, perhaps hundreds of possible targets for drugs aimed at preventing, treating, or slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Many of these compounds appear to work in animals with Alzheimer's-type dementia -

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4. Caregiver Grief Triggers Mixed Emotions
   

   The nation's grief surfaced on Saturday, when former President Ronald Reagan finally succumbed to Alzheimer's disease after a 10-year battle. But in millions of individual American homes dealing with a similar fate, it often starts long before a death.   It may come with the initial diagnosis -- of

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5. Alzheimer's Cure Elusive Despite Progress
   

   Former President Reagan's long struggle with Alzheimer's disease is over at last. But his fight continues. Sadly, Alzheimer's disease can't yet be cured. Not even for the strongest women and men. Not even with the best medical care on earth. Yet medical progress offers more reason for hope than for

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