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Is an Alzheimer's vaccine a real possibility?

CurfewX

Researchers in New Mexico have started trials on a vaccine that they hope can prevent Alzheimer's disease. It's only in animal trials fo...

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dehydration

gfella

hi how long does it take to become severly dehydrated with a person with azheimers does it take days, weeks or can it happen in hours,and...

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MLA Scale

Karismatico

My father has done a brain MRI. The report says he possibily has a slight atrophy of mesial temporal lobe - grade 2 of MLA scale schelte...

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Trouble at night asking when we can go to bed.

Sunrise33351

My spouse is 70 and has what I feel stage 6 as hes shadowing and afraid to be alone even in our house that we lived in over 30 years and ...

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vascular dementia: sudden "sleep" possible?

paolettimoira

Sorry for my english....my father is in hospital due to abuse of psyco-medicines in the rest house he was living in. Now he is phisically...

Happy CL anniversary to heartfluttersflyawayplz!

Emily_MHManager

Please take a moment to reach out to heartfluttersflyawayplz, and give a shout out for how much you appreciate her! She has been a Commun...

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shirley48

I just was wondering, what might be One of the FIRST SIGNS OF THIS???? PLZ....someone dear to me thinks they have it, and I am worried, t...

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ITCHING

LOMESIE

My 82 year-old mother has had severe itching for a while and nothing has helped so far. The doctor prescribed the use of different soap a...

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the cause of that disease

yogini_13

hello, i wanna know how is the alzeimer actually occurs.. i mean how does it happen..is it that the brain neurones begin to die? if so wh...

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Does this sound like an Alzheimer's symptom?

Stellatum

My mother is 65. She is terrified of getting AD, because her own mother has it. She has been having very mild memory troubles that may or...

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Am I having Alzheimer's disease???

amber835

Hi all I am 30 years old female, doctor by profession . I have been suffering from this strange irritating problem (unbearable now) sinc...

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memory loss

heartfluttersflyawayplz

Alzheimer's is not the only cause of memory loss. Many people have trouble with memory — this does NOT mean they have Alzheimer's. There...

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VISUAL SNOW UPDATE: 2018

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2018 General Information on Dry Eyes-Now known as Ocular Surface Disorder

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Hamidreza Nassery , DMD, FICOI, FAGD, FICCMO

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