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		<title>Obama to boost Alzheimer&#8217;s research funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (CNN) &#8211; The Obama administration will push for a $156 million increase in funding for Alzheimer&#8217;s research over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. The National Institutes of Health will commit another $50 million in funding this year, and the White House will propose an additional $80 million... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/news-affecting-us/obama-to-boost-alzheimers-research-funding/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LEARN THE 10 WARNING SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER&#8217;S &amp; THE DEVASTATING PROGRESSION IN THE BRAIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALZHEIMER&#8217;S is a devastating fatal disease……. The earlier you recognize the symptoms, the better the chances of prolonging the lives of your loved ones. There are aggressive research, advanced treatments, and medications available currently, but there is no cure to date of this terrible and fatal disease. This 4-minute video by the National Institutes of... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/learn-the-10-warning-signs-of-alzheimers-the-devastating-progression-in-the-brain/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>~HANDLING TROUBLING BEHAVIOR OF A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA~</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[~HANDLING TROUBLING BEHAVIOR OF A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA/ ALZHEIMER&#8217;S~ &#160; &#160; Some of the greatest challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia are the personality and behavior changes that often occur.  You can best meet these challenges by using creativity, flexibility, patience and compassion.  It also helps not to take things personally... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/handling-troubling-behavior-of-a-loved-one-with-dementia/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>~The Power Of Music Therapy on seniors with alzheimer&#8217;s, illness &amp; disabilities~</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josie Kopecky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[~The Power Of Music Therapy on seniors with alzheimer&#8217;s, illness &#38; disability~ by AlohaJosie I know without a doubt that the therapeutic power of music, in addition to the alzheimer&#8217;s medicines, played a role in the prolonged life span of my beloved mom who recently passed away from dementia. In addition, I also saw first... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/caregiving/the-power-of-music-therapy-on-seniors-with-alzheimers-illness-disabilities/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Group says &#8220;Stop selling high dose Aricept!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A specific dose of Alzheimer’s drug should be pulled from the market because it poses a risk to patients, according to a consumer  group. The drug, donepezil, sold under the brand Aricept, is administered in several doses – the highest being 23 milligrams – for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease. It is prescribed... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/disease-info/group-says-stop-selling-high-dose-aricept/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery doubles genetic clues to Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two new reports in Nature Genetics detail the discovery of five new pathways for detecting Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, the memory-stealing brain illness that is especially prevalent among the elderly. Previous research had identified five genes linked to Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, or AD. The combined efforts of an international consortium of researchers has raised those known genetic markers... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/disease-info/discovery-doubles-genetic-clues-to-alzheimers/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian cluster of early-onset Alzheimers may hold key to future cure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antioquia, Colombia (CNN) &#8212; It&#8217;s a cruel disease that strips away a person&#8217;s identity until they can no longer remember their loved ones or feed themselves. But normally, Alzheimer&#8217;s does not attack until old age. For some, though, it strikes early &#8212; beginning its attack in their late 30&#8242;s. Now, one cluster of Early-onset Alzheimer... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/disease-info/2222/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FDA may approve Alzheimer test for living patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia One of the many frustrations of Alzheimer’s disease is the difficulty in pinpointing just who has it. According to published research, as many as one in five people told they have Alzheimer’s are mislabeled. A definitive diagnosis can  be made only after death, by an autopsy that reveals a distinctive buildup –... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/other/fda-may-approve-alzheimer-test-for-living-patients/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sargent Shriver, Dead at 95</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps, the 1972 Democratic vice presidential nominee and a trusted Kennedy in-law who was known as the family troubleshooter, is dead at the age of 95. Shriver, who had Alzheimer&#8216;s disease, was hospitalized earlier in the week in Bethesda, Md., a Washington, D.C. suburb. Shriver&#8217;s... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/disease-info/sargent-shriver-dead-at-95/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Alzheimer&#8217;s Project has passed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by Stephen Cummings via Flickr 112,000 petition signatures, 50,000 emails, nearly 10,000 phone calls and more than 1,000 advocate meetings have led us to this momentous occasion. Just minutes ago, the United States House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the National Alzheimer&#8217;s Project Act (NAPA). This historic legislation is now on its way to the... <a href="http://caring-for-mom-and-dad.info/disease-info/national-alzheimers-project-has-passed/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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