Alzheimer’s Notes

October 19th, 2007

Does Alzheimer’s Follow a Family Gene?

“Mary Emma, Nanny had Alzheimer’s, too,” Aunt Bess remarked about my maternal grandmother after my mom and Auntie, her sister, developed this disease.
This was something new to me.  I’d become caregiver for Auntie after Aunt Bess (their brother’s wife) and Mother could no longer care for Auntie.   Then Mother developed the disease and become my […]

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October 8th, 2007

Will Ancestral DNA Research Reveal Alzheimer’s?

As I read a post at Eye on DNA, Genetic Genealogy Mildly Hot, and how DNA is being used to trace ancestors and find distant relatives, I wondered if families would discover connections with Alzheimer’s.  A number of questions flitted through my mind:
                             
*Would one find ancestors with dementia or Alzheimer’s in the family history?
*Will they find […]

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August 7th, 2007

Alzheimer’s Notes Featured in Grand Rounds Party

Grand Rounds, consisting of posts from predominately medical, health and genetic related blogs was hosted by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei of Eye on DNA this week.   Uniquely located in a virtual beach house, Hsien called this gathering of bloggers Grand Rounds at the Beach.
Among the bloggers participating, you’ll find Alzheimer’s Notes with Do Caregivers See Themselves in Alzheimer’s Family […]

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August 7th, 2007

Do Caregivers See Themselves in Alzheimer’s Family Members?

“I’m forgetting,” a caregiver exclaims  “Could I have Alzheimer’s, too?”
Sometimes I wondered when the burden of caregiving left me exhausted and Mother had yet one more repeated question (she’s asked it just five minutes before), plugged the toilet with newspaper (because she was back in the outhouse days), or emptied the leftovers from the refrigerator in […]

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June 7th, 2007

Alzheimer’s Notes Featured in Mendel’s Garden

With the post, Genetic Engineering in Mice May Aid Alzheimer’s Research, Alzheimer’s Notes appeared at Genie Genie in Mendel’s Garden, hosted by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, at Eye on DNA.
Here I shared news about mice that were genetically engineered to lack the Cdk5 enzyme.  Researchers think this may help them in Alzheimer’s discoveries.

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