Already 12 million people have Alzheimer's worldwide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference

Already 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference

Alzheimer's disease has traditionally been diagnosed by exclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

Often, we respond with humor: "" I must be getting Alzheimer's. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference

Preliminary studies suggest it may also slow the progression of Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memory] Reference

The Gipper has been fading since 1994 when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [An American Life] Reference

The Alzheimer's Association was started by family members who had no place to turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Father's Battle With Alzheimer's] Reference

What will this will mean for people who have diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases?.    From Wordnik.com.  [ALISON MURDOCH: A GREEN LIGHT FOR RESEARCH] Reference

His faculties were failing as a result of Alzheimer's disease, which he later revealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: 'The Wizard of Oz Letter'] Reference

And because Alzheimer's is progressive, abnormal scans tend to become more so with time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

But the memory loss that age can bring differs greatly from the dementia of Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference

Within months, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and spiraled rapidly downward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference

And PET is just one of several potential strategies for tracking preclinical Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

But in the last decade scientists have started to understand the biochemistry behind Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference

In San Francisco, the Family Caregiver Alliance holds a weekend camp for people with Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE KEYS TO CAREGIVING] Reference

Alzheimer's disease gradually destroys the organ, and the ability to form new memories (sidebar).    From Wordnik.com.  [Memory] Reference

And other studies suggest that women who take estrogen may lower their risk of Alzheimer's disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memory] Reference

Secretase inhibitors may be our best hope of warding off Alzheimer's, but they're not the only hope.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

No one is certain just what causes Alzheimer's disease, but its effects on the brain are well-known.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

It was in the fall of 1994, at the Mayo Clinic, that my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Father's Battle With Alzheimer's] Reference

Technology is changing all of medicine, but it is positively transforming our understanding of Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

Contact the Alzheimer's Association at 800-272-3900 or at alz. org and tell them Ronald Reagan said to call.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Father's Battle With Alzheimer's] Reference

The plaques in Alzheimer's brains consist mostly of an abnormal peptide, or protein fragment, called beta amyloid.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth-Ayerst is now testing HRT on 8,000 healthy women and will monitor them for Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference

She didn't have Alzheimer's disease -- and the odds were less than 5 percent that she would develop it any time soon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

One way or another, many of us now seem destined to learn we have Alzheimer's disease while we're still of sound mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

The ideal Alzheimer's remedy would simply slow the production of A-beta -- by disabling the enzymes that fabricate it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

Plus, scientific trials suggest they might also be effective in fighting Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and osteoporosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Editor's Desk] Reference

Several studies have suggested that postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were less likely to get Alzheimer's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference

In a year of steady progress against Alzheimer's, the biggest concrete development was the FDA's approval of memantine in October.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference

But anyone who's truly concerned about developing Alzheimer's can take a simpler preventive measure right now: lose excess weight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference

William Bayce, a former NASA engineer, had an awesome memory -- at least until he started showing signs of Alzheimer's six years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: No Cure, But Hope] Reference