Alzheimer’s New From Around the World.

Whites fare worst with Alzheimer’s disease – “Whites with Alzheimer’s disease have shorter survival than their African American and Latino counterparts, according to data obtained from more than 30 US Alzheimer’s Disease Centers…” (more)

Dementia doesn’t always signal Alzheimer’s – “Dementia in people younger than 65 isn’t always the result of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration, or FTLD, an umbrella term that covers several brain disorders, is another cause of early dementia, although one that is not widely recognized…” (more)

Wine May Protect Against Dementia – “There may be constituents in wine that protect against dementia. This is shown in research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg in Sweden…” (more

Researchers Close In On Origins Of Alzheimer’s Plaques - “The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned…” (more)