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		<title>British Prime Minister David Cameron Visits Rockefeller University to Discuss Advances in Dementia Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron visited The Rockefeller University where he met with President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Nobel laureate Paul Greengard, and other scientists working on Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative conditions. The Prime Minister was &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/british-prime-minister-david-cameron-visits-rockefeller-university-discuss-advances-dementia-research">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/british-prime-minister-david-cameron-visits-rockefeller-university-discuss-advances-dementia-research</link>
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		<title>A Range of Diagnostic Tests for Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Various tests for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease have become available in recent years, although they remain imperfect diagnostic tools. Now researchers at Duke University report that using a combination of tests – two types of brain scans along with analysis of &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/diagnosis-and-causes/range-diagnostic-tests-alzheimers">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/diagnosis-and-causes/range-diagnostic-tests-alzheimers</link>
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		<title>Finding Dementia Sufferers Who Get Lost While Driving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Various methods may help boost success in finding drivers with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia who get lost, a new study suggests. They include prompt notification of law enforcement officers, detailed descriptions of the missing person and not &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/caregiving/finding-dementia-sufferers-lost-driving">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/caregiving/finding-dementia-sufferers-lost-driving</link>
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		<title>Secondhand Smoke Increases Dementia Risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smoking has been linked to a host of ills, including an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Now an international study has found that you don’t even have to be a smoker to suffer the deleterious &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/prevention-and-wellness/secondhand-smoke-increases-dementia-risk">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/05/articles/prevention-and-wellness/secondhand-smoke-increases-dementia-risk</link>
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		<title>The Preacher’s Wife and the Baker’s Wife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They sat across from us, giggling, the preacher’s wife and the baker’s wife. They were telling us stories from their lives; snapshots, moments from earlier days. This reminiscence session came about as we were working with a series of small &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/05/blogs/preachers-wife-bakers-wife">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/05/blogs/preachers-wife-bakers-wife</link>
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		<title>Planting Memories Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiya, on April 21st last year I launched what is the Only Planting Memories Gardening Scheme in the world. This was to hopefully turn an used garden into a place of peace and tranquility for those with Dementia. A couple &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/04/blogs/planting-memories-garden">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/04/blogs/planting-memories-garden</link>
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		<title>Experimental Drug Solanezumab Shows Hints of Promise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An experimental drug showed promise of slowing cognitive decline in people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, though the benefits were modest and the drug did not meet its main testing goals in a study of patients with mild to &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/drugs-and-treatment/experimental-drug-solanezumab-shows-hints-promise">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/drugs-and-treatment/experimental-drug-solanezumab-shows-hints-promise</link>
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		<title>Football Players at Increased Alzheimer’s Risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professional football players are at increased risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reports. The findings are consistent with earlier reports that concussions and other head injuries that damage the brain can raise the risk of Alzheimer’s and &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/diagnosis-and-causes/football-players-increased-alzheimers-risk">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/diagnosis-and-causes/football-players-increased-alzheimers-risk</link>
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		<title>Herbal Remedy Ginkgo Fails to Stem Alzheimer’s Slide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made of the promises of the herbal remedy ginkgo biloba for keeping the memory sharp in old age. But a rigorous new study of the herb had disappointing results: ginkgo failed to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/diagnosis-and-causes/herbal-remedy-ginkgo-fails-stem-alzheimers-slide">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/diagnosis-and-causes/herbal-remedy-ginkgo-fails-stem-alzheimers-slide</link>
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		<title>Blood Pressure Drugs May Help Slow Alzheimer’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors found that patients taking a certain class of drugs used to treat high blood pressure had less of the brain plaque characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease after they died. The findings suggest that the drugs, known as angiotensin receptor blockers, &#8230; <a href="http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/drugs-and-treatment/blood-pressure-drugs-slow-alzheimers">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alzinfo.org/04/articles/drugs-and-treatment/blood-pressure-drugs-slow-alzheimers</link>
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