Medical Topics

The On-Topic Netowork

Medical > Alzheimer Disease


Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer Disease

The following information is about Alzheimer Disease.

Alzheimer Disease Defined

A condition that occurs late in life and worsens with time in which brain cells degenerate; it is accompanied by memory loss, physical decline, and confusion

This definition is in context to Medical. See more contextual defintions for Alzheimer Disease.


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

News in brief

Published July 19, 2008, 5:26 pm, Onalaska Community Life

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.

Full Story


Local Notes

Published July 19, 2008, 4:32 pm, The Morning News

Internet Safety Will Be Topic SPRINGDALE - The Northwest Arkansas Child Care Resource and Referral Center will present a free parenting class about Internet safety on Thursday.

Full Story


Doctor prescribes plain talk when it comes to medicine

Published July 19, 2008, 12:33 pm, The Celina Record

Prosper resident Scott Wise has written a book to help explain medical language and terminology so the average person can better understand doctors’ diagnoses and orders.

Full Story


Around Town for July 20

Published July 19, 2008, 10:12 am, St. Charles Journal

July 20 MID RIVERS ETHICAL SOCIETY: lecture, "The new ethical mindfulness meditation," 11 a.m.-noon, St. Charles County Extension Center, 260 Brown Road, St. Peters. Visit www.ethicallife.org or call 636-284-0280.

Full Story


New Kind Of MRI Enables Study Of Magnets For Computer Memory

Published July 19, 2008, 10:10 am, Medical News Today

What is there to see inside a magnet that's smaller than the head of a pin? Quite a lot, say physicists who've invented a new kind of MRI technique to do just that. The technique may eventually enable the development of extremely small computers, and even give doctors a new tool for studying the plaques in blood vessels that play a role in diseases such as heart disease.

Full Story


State-Of-The-Art Research Equipment Funded By NIH Awards Of More Than $33 Million

Published July 19, 2008, 8:10 am, Medical News Today

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that it will provide $33.3 million for 20 High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grants to fund the latest generation of advanced research equipment.

Full Story


Briefs

Published July 19, 2008, 7:15 am, The Times of Northwest Indiana

Find out all the events going on in your community, and plan your week's activities with The Times. Contact Valparaiso community coordinator Annette Arnold at (219) 548-4359 or Portage community coordinator Barbara Martin at (219) 762-1397, ext. 2227. E-mail: aarnold@nwitimes.com or bmartin@nwitimes.com.

Full Story


Government Retiree Health Care Crisis: New Paper Addresses The Myths And Realities

Published July 19, 2008, 7:10 am, Medical News Today

While some states are taking adequate steps to address the cost of retiree health-care benefits, others - including New Jersey, New York, California and North Carolina - are facing tens of billions of dollars in so-called "unfunded liabilities." The myths and realities of this potential crisis are laid out in a new issue brief written by Dr.

Full Story


For the fridge

Published July 19, 2008, 3:17 am, San Diego Union-Tribune

There are tons of baby-name books out there for those choosing a name for a newborn. But if you would like to know the origin, history and more about your own name, this site – the Concise Dictionary of First Names – will give you lots of information.

Full Story


An ID For Alzheimer's?

Published July 19, 2008, 2:12 am, Medical News Today

Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. The need to develop preventative strategies, ideally long before Alzheimer's destructive, clinical symptoms appear, is critical.

Full Story


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

Are you looking for additional Medical > Alzheimer Disease news? Try our new "Alzheimer Disease News Focus" area.

If you would like to find additional social bookmark based links on the topic of we recommend the Open Tag Directory > Alzheimer Disease. If you would like to find related tags we recommend Tag Patterns > Alzheimer Disease

Off-site Alzheimer Disease Research Links

If you still need additional information on Alzheimer Disease then we suggest the following off-site resources. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Medical

If you know the Medical Term Name use the links below to quickly jump to your desired focus.



Bookmark Us

The On Topic Network

This website is part of The On Topic Network.

Thank You

Medical.On-Topic.net was developed by Odin Metatech, Inc and runs on the Odin Assemble platform.

Best Viewed With

License

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under Creative Commons.




Powered by Odin Assemble 2.5a