Memory Enhancement Center

Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention: What’s with all the “hype”

Joel Ross — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:04 +0000

The NY Times front page yesterday talked about a study starting in Columbia, South America (not South Carolina) to test a very promising drug Crenezumab which is now being tested for patients in the US with symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease associated with amyloid plaque build up in the brain. Those who have followed my blogs over the [...]

http://alzheimers.gov is now open for viewing

Joel Ross — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:12:01 +0000

Arguably the best new link for help in better understanding this dreadful disease please click on: http://alzheimers.gov/ and learn more about how you or a loved one can better fight the battle! Joel S Ross MD CPI Joel S. Ross, M.D., is a Primary Care Geriatrician and Principal Investigator at Memory Enhancement Centers of America located [...]

National Alzheimer’s Plan well underway (let’s hope)

Joel Ross — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:09:16 +0000

I have testified at the Hubert H Humprhey Building which house the Dept of Health and Humans Services in DC recently. I explained to the Surgeon General/President of the Alzheimer’s Assocation/President of The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America/Medicare physician administrators who Alzheimer’s Disease is so poorly understood and so poorly fragmented in terms of optimal delivery [...]

Another Mouse Discovery: Is it clinically relevant?

Joel Ross — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:05:14 +0000

Today two caregivers of my Alzheimer’s Disease patients sent me this link about a mouse discovery. It shows that abnormal protein folding can be possiblyl modified to improved brain function. Bottom line is simple: it will take years for it to be tested in humans. Great theory but to put it into the clinic at [...]

New amyloid protein discovered

Joel Ross — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:50:21 +0000

I received this article from a patient with mild Alzheimer’s Disease who is as committed to eradication Alzheimer’s disease from our lexicon as I am. Below is an interesting discovery of a type of a-beta amyloid missing two amino acids. It seems to be very toxic in laboratory studies. It might be many years before we know [...]