Alzheimer’s News From Around the World.

Can Alzheimer’s drug halt progress? – “A new drug can slow Alzheimer’s disease progression by up to 80 per cent, according to reports…” (more)

Tracking bracelets protect Alzheimer’s patients – “Westchester County will begin offering radio tracking bracelets to Alzheimer’s patients who tend to wander- a technology, officials say, that might have found a missing 93-year-old Scarsdale man much sooner…” (more)

Thyroid Hormone levels Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease in Older Women

Alzheimer’s-related gene linked to reduced connectivity in brain – “In the first results, presented this week in Chicago at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, troublesome changes in the brain that could be the earliest signs of the disease were found in many of the 28 people in the study, even though they performed normally on cognitive tests…” (more)