Hi everyone, I’t’s with sadness that I say farewell to Alzheimer’s Notes. But after almost a year and a half of blogging alongside Mary Emma here at Alzheimer’s Notes, I have decided that it is time to move on. I’d love to stay, but as all of you know, if you find that there are not enough hours in each day to do everything that you have to, something has to give. And I’m afraid, for me, that something is giving up Alzheimer’s Notes. I’ll still be hanging around the b5Media network, blogging at Healthbolt and Traveling the Green Way, so stop by if you want to say hi. A heartfelt thanks to Mary Emma, who puts her heart and soul into making Alzheimer’s Notes a warm and friendly place to be.... [Read more]

A personal story of a family dealing with Alzheimer’s disease… [Read more]

Compounds Have Potential For Diagnosis, Treatment Of Alzheimer’s Disease - “New research suggests that a select group of compounds that interact with a protein in the brain might be used in the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia disorders…” (more) Polyphenols protect nerves from damage but not in Alzheimer’s – “Plant nutrients called polyphenols are known to protect nerves from damage, but to expect a similar effect in case of Alzheimer’s would be ‘unwise,’ warns Indian-Canadian researcher Charles Ramassamy…” (more) MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer’s structures - “MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures... [Read more]

A book due to be published next month by Margaret Thatcher’s daughter Carol confirms that Britain’s “Iron Lady” is suffering from dementia. This is the family’s first public confirmation of what has been widely rumored in Britain for several years. Parts of the book ‘A Swim-On Part in the Goldfish Bowl: A Memoir’, have been serialized by the Mail Online. Here’s the first installment – Carol Thatcher: I always thought of Mum as being 100% cast-iron damage-proof – with more to follow. (source) [Read more]

Just wanted to share with Alzheimer’s Notes readers a great DVD giveaway over at Healthbolt. Food Matters is an independently funded film looks at the trillion dollar worldwide ’sickness industry’ and ask why ‘despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and every day maladies.’ It’s been called the ‘food equivalent’ of The Inconvenient Truth. Healthbolt has five copies of the Food Matters DVD to giveaway. Check out the film’s trailer…. And then enter here. [Read more]