Antidementia drugs may prolong life in AD.
CHICAGO--Continuous use of antidementia drugs is associated with a decreased risk of death in Alzheimer's patients. Specifically, those who took the medications for more than 70% of the time since being diagnosed with dementia lived an average of 3 years longer than did those who took them for shorter...

Elopement: jury awards damages.
The eighty-seven year-old Alzheimer's patient walked away and reportedly remained AWOL for several hours before he was struck by a car and killed. The facility reportedly was not state-licensed for dementia care; nor was it equipped to provide safe and secure care for dementia patients. The facility...

Warning added to antipsychotics regarding use in elderly.
Labeling for conventional antipsychotics will now contain warnings about an increased risk of death among elderly users with dementia-related psychosis, according to new requirements issued by the Food and Drug Administration. The labeling revision matches actions that were taken by the FDA in 2005, when the agency...

Late-life low blood pressure may flag Alzheimer's disease.
WASHINGTON -- Low blood pressure correlated with Alzheimer's disease among 3,734 elderly men, but the dementia appeared to be attributable to the presence of other chronic diseases and not hypotension itself. Other studies have found that hypertension in midlife can predict dementia, but the impact of late-life...

Emeritus Sets Date to Host Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-1 August 2008-Emeritus Sets Date to Host Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Emeritus, a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer's and related dementia care services to senior citizens, announced that it will host a conference call on...

Cognitive impairment tied to diabetes.
Mild cognitive impairment correlates with earlier onset of type 2 diabetes, its complications, and longer duration of the disease, reported Dr. Rosebud O. Roberts and associates at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. In contrast, late onset and short duration of diabetes, or well-controlled diabetes, might have a lesser effect....

Insulin may curb plaques in Alzheimer's patients.
CHICAGO -- A postmortem analysis of subjects with Alzheimer's disease and diabetes found up to 80% fewer amyloid beta plaques in the brains of those who took both insulin and oral diabetic medication while alive. Although epidemiologic studies confirm a significantly increased risk of Alzheimer's and other...

"Licensing People to Put Others Down".
When "bioethicist" Peter Singer moved to the United States, our loss was the rest of the world's gain. In the time Singer has been the DeCamp Professor in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton, he has continued pioneering (so to speak) new anti-life vistas. He...

Bill is 'too little, too late'.
I read with amazement about "legislation aimed at addressing the potential crisis in providing care for elderly Americans" ("Senate Bill Would Encourage Practitioners to Care for the Elderly," April 15, 2008, p. 36). We are already in deep trouble and getting deeper fast. This legislation is too...

J Altern Complement Med: Effects of a standardized Bacopa monnieri extract on cognitive performance, anxiety, and depression in the elderly: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Abstract Objectives: Study aims were to evaluate effects of Bacopa monnieri whole plant standardized dry extract on cognitive function and affect and its safety and tolerability in healthy elderly study participants. Design: The study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial with a placebo run-in of 6 weeks and...