Dr. Peter Whitehouse’s research at Johns Hopkins University allowed for the identification of one of the pathological substrates for the memory and attention problems found in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. This discovery, in turn, led to the development of the first four medications approved to treat this condition. Listen to what he has to say here…
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Want to know more about the history of Alzheimer’s Disease ? Then check out this site.
Everything you want to know about the history of Alzheimer’s Disease can be found at Michigan State University’s Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies History of Alzheimer’s Disease website. They have put together an innovative course that provides historic context to the modern practice of medicine. The aim is to help students understand how Alzheimer’s disease was perceived, experienced, and treated throughout history.
The site features an Alzheimer’s Disease timeline that leds on to indepth information. Here you can learn more about Dr Alois Alzheimer …read more

An informative three part video interview with Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry at the John Hopkins School of Medicine and co-author of The Thirty Six Hour Day, a family guide for caring for people with Alzheimer’s Disease.
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The June 18, 2007 issue of Newsweek has a number of interesting articles relating to Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving.
Confronting Alzheimer’s by Barbara Kantrowitz and Karen Springen
Talk Transcript: Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s
Remembering Mom – a podcast in which New Yorker Barri Falk talks about caring for her mother who lived with Alzheimer’s disease.
A Guide for Caregivers by Joan Raymond
Hooking Grandma Up by Alexandra Gekas – about easy ways to use technology to help take care of aging relatives.
The long Goodbye – a photographic journey

Mary Emma mentioned in yesterday’s post how the computer – and especially the internet – is a great outlet and aid for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
It is also a great place to access information and find experts in the field that can answer your questions about Alzheimer’s disease.
Here’s a list of five internet sites where you can ‘ask an expert’ about whatever is concerning you. From medications to caregiving issues, these experts are available to help. Most of the sites also have archives of questions already asked and answered that you can wander through.
Alzheimer’s Research Forum
Alzheimer’s Association Ask an Expert
American …read more