Lawsuit

What is your opinion on this? Please respond, I think this is an interesting topic for discussion.

Glen Campbell, country recording artist, is being sued over a documentary he made about his struggles with Alzheimer’s. There is footage used of other patients who signed papers to allow this process to continue. The issue at hand is if these papers give him the right to have footage of them, given their condition. Do you think someone with Alzheimer’s can still make decisions such this on their own legally?

Glen Campbell Sued Over Film Documenting His Alzheimer’s Fight

Memory Cafe

Patients suffering with Alzheimer’s are finding comfort through socializing with one another. The common ground of undergoing the same experience brings people closer together and allows them to escape the everyday life through activities such as singing and dancing.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2014/09/28/alzheimers-patients-socialize-morris-plains-memory-caf/16258663/

 

Food Triggering Alzhiemer’s?

An article brings up the interesting idea that Alzheimer’s might really be “Type 3 Diabetes”. This theory stems from the idea we are starving our brains of necessary nutritions leading to the same insulin malfunctions that lead to diabetes. The article continues to saying that even if this is the case, which would be a big step to finding a cure, treating Alzheimer’s would still be much more complicated that traditional diabetes.

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/is-alzheimers-disease-brain-diabetes/34110.article

Coping with Alzheimer’s

A man made a documentary of his mother and her decent into Alzheimer’s. Ed White filmed his mother going through the process start to finish as an observer, son, and caregiver. PBS released a short clip of the documentary.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/learning-cope-alzheimers/

5 new facts about Alzheimer’s

A couple trends researcher’s have noticed about various health choices and their connections to Alzheimer’s.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/10/5-things-researchers-learned-about-alzheimers-this-year/

Medication Relation

The Los Angeles Times posted an article yesterday linking users of anxiety medications to Alzheimer’s patients.

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-sn-anxiety-drug-alzheimers-20140909-story.html

Walk for Alzhiemer’s

Yesterday Portland Oregon, hundreds affected by Alzheimer’s in some way or another came together.

http://koin.com/2014/09/07/walkers-gather-in-bid-to-end-alzheimers-disease/

Genes leading to Alzheimer’s

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/with-women-perhaps-facing-higher-risk-of-alzheimers-female-scientists-unite/2014/09/03/2aa0506c-28ab-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html

The Washington post just posted an article about some of the connects found in genetics to Alzheimer’s. Help us find some of these genetic triggers by taking our test at http://www.mindcrowd.org

September is Alzheimer’s Month

Every 67 seconds someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s. September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Show your support by wearing purple and joining the fight for a cure. And don’t forget to take our test at www.mindcrowd.org to help us learn more about Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s Association Facts and Figures