Promoting social interaction for individuals with communicative impairments, making contact.
9781843105398 Promoting social interaction for individuals with communicative impairments, making contact. Ed. by M. Suzanne Zeedyk. Jessica Kingsley Pub. 2008 192 pages $24.95 Paperback HV1568 Built from materials presented at a...

Type 2 diabetes doesn't affect Alzheimer's risk.
WASHINGTON -- Type 2 diabetes did not increase the risk of onset or progression of Alzheimer's disease in older adults, according to results from a study of more than 700 individuals presented in a poster at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. The prevalences of...

Elan and Wyeth Present Results from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Bapineuzumab.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-1 August 2008-Elan and Wyeth Present Results from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Bapineuzumab(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Elan and Wyeth are presenting detailed results from the companies' 18-month Phase 2 study of bapineuzumab (AAB-001) in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease at...

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," May 1, 2008, p. 59). What kind of journalism doesn't face reality? "Potential"? We are already in deep trouble...

Amyloid-[beta]-lowering agent fails to slow Alzheimer's in phase III trial.
CHICACO -- Tarenflubil, a drug designed to reduce toxic amyloid [beta] levels in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, failed its large phase III trial, Dr. Robert Green reported at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease. Patients who received the drug (800 mg twice daily) had virtually...

Fitness may limit brain atrophy in Alzheimer's: the level of fitness was strongly related to volume in the parietal area and also in the hippocampus.
CHICAGO -- Keeping fit may help reduce brain atrophy in patients with early Alzheimer's, researchers said at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease. An exercise-tolerance study confirmed that the hippocampus, one of the first brain regions to be affected in Alzheimer's, was significantly larger among patients who...

Marital status at midlife linked to Alzheimer's risk later.
CHICAGO -- People who are married from mid-to late life are significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, while those who remain single face up to an eightfold increased risk, Krister Hakansson said at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease. The protective benefit is probably related to...

Safe staffing top priority in election year.
NZNO has put safe staffing at the top of the list of health policies it wants from any new government, including mandatory enforceable staffing levels in aged care. Last month, NZNO launched a comprehensive manifesto detailing the policies it wants political parties to adopt before this year's...

Adapting the district nurse role.
The 14th National District Nurse Conference, sponsored by NZNO's district nurses' section, was held in Palmerston North from June 20-21, and attended by 150 delegates from around the country. The organising committee was from the MidCentral District Health Board (DHB) district nursing service. The theme was Taking Hold of...

Inflammation: its impact on oral health and the total body.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over the past three years in Access, we have continued to discuss the important role of inflammation in periodontal disease and its relationship to systemic diseases. Each year, we have learned more than the year before regarding the clinical research being conducted in the United...