Dimentia

• How to raise awareness around dementia in Manitoba communities

  Communities need to learn about what it's like to have dementia, according to the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba.

  Jan 10, 2018
  
• 15 New Brunswick nursing homes join program to cut seniors’ antipsychotic drug use

  The project helped to determine that 55 residents at York Care Centre in Fredericton were unnecessarily taking the drugs.

  Health

  May 17, 2016
  
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• He’s the seventh family member to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s: now he’s trying to help stop it

  In a first-of-its kind study, Canadian researchers are joining an international team testing antibody drugs hoping to slow or stop the development of Alzheimer’s disease, in those genetically destined to develop the illness.

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  Mar 23, 2016
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• Memories ‘lost’ to Alzheimer’s may be retrievable: study

  Memory loss is one of the frightening symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers now say those “lost” memories may not actually be gone - just inaccessible.

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  Mar 17, 2016