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...Plaques are part of the criteria for having Alzheimer&rsquo;s &mdash; if a person with memory problems does not have plaques, that person does not have Alzheimer&rsquo;s. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Medicare Now Pays for Annual Wellness Visit</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><category>Alzheimer's disease treatment</category><dc:date>2011-01-20T21:59:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/annual_wellness_visit_alzheimers.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/annual_wellness_visit_alzheimers.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Under the Affordable Care Act (the health care reform law), Medicare will now pay for an annual wellness visit, which will include the creation of a personalized prevention plan and detection of possible 


...During the exam, the doctor will assess an individual&rsquo;s cognitive function by direct observation, with due consideration of information obtained by way of patient report, concerns raised by family members, friends, caretakers or others.  
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>5 Daily Brain Exercises</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><category>Brain Exercise</category><dc:date>2011-01-19T09:26:44-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/five_daily_brain_exercises.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/five_daily_brain_exercises.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Listening to music is not only enjoyable, but by choosing a song you don&rsquo;t know and memorizing the lyrics, you boost the level of acetylcholine, the chemical that helps build your brain, and improve your memory skills.   Challenge yourself even more by showering or getting dressed in the dark or using your opposite hand to brush your teeth. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Clinical Trials are Ongoing in USF-Byrd Fight Fgainst Alzheimer's disease</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2011-01-13T22:39:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/clinical_trials_usf_byrd_alzheimers.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/clinical_trials_usf_byrd_alzheimers.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Jill Ardila, the administrator of clinical trials at USF, stopped by Good Day to explain some of the tests being done and how far the research into this illness has come.


To learn more about USF Health's Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, visit their website at health.usf.edu/nocms/byrd<div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Myths About Alzheimer's Disease</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><dc:date>2011-01-07T21:38:21-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/myths_alzheimers.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/myths_alzheimers.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Reality: Although genetics play a role in the disease, only about 7 per cent of cases are associated with genes that cause the early-onset, inherited familial form of the disease.   The majority of cases are of the late onset &ldquo;sporadic Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease&rdquo; form, in which genes may also play a role. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NYTimes: Giving Alzheimer's Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><dc:date>2011-01-01T11:10:53-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/giving_alzheimers_patients_their_way.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/giving_alzheimers_patients_their_way.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Dementia patients at Beatitudes are allowed practically anything that brings comfort, even an alcoholic &ldquo;nip at night,&rdquo; said Tena Alonzo, director of research. 

...In fact, science is weighing in on many aspects of taking care of dementia patients, applying evidence-based research to what used to be considered subjective and ad hoc....&rdquo; <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congress to Address Alzheimer's Disease Crisis</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><category>Congress</category><dc:date>2011-01-01T11:07:19-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/congress_coordinates_alzheimers_disease_reseach.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/congress_coordinates_alzheimers_disease_reseach.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However, as much as 5 percent of people with the disease have early-onset Alzheimer's, which often appears when someone is in their 40s or 50s.


...The number of people who experience the dementia and physical decline caused by Alzheimer's is expected to grow exponentially now that the first of the baby boom generation is about to turn 65 years old. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alzheimers: Therapy Could Target Blood</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-12-31T11:43:55-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/alzheimers_%20therapy_targets_blood.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/alzheimers_%20therapy_targets_blood.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But while these irregular, gunky proteins, called amyloid-&beta;, are believed to contribute to the deterioration of memory and cognitive ability in Alzheimer's patients, no one knows how they lead to these symptoms, and the severity of the dementia doesn't directly depend on the amount of amyloid-&beta; plaques found in diseased brains.


New experiments from The Rockefeller University, building on a paper published earlier this year, show how amyloid-&beta; interacts with a clotting agent in the blood, increasing blood clots that are harder than usual to break down and starving neurons of their regular supply of oxygen. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alzheimer's Silver Tsunami</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><dc:date>2010-12-24T09:47:47-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/silver_tsunami.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/silver_tsunami.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The rest of us may be equally unprepared to cope with a disease that has no clear cause, no cure, no treatments capable of restoring memory loss, and a care-giving burden the nation is ill-equipped to meet.


...Brown spoke on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association at a recent program sponsored by the National Press Foundation for journalists trying to stay ahead of this story.
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Curing Our Alzheimer's Epidemic</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><dc:date>2010-12-24T09:41:44-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/curing_our_alzheimers_epidemic.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/curing_our_alzheimers_epidemic.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;Every American president must take on a defining challenge to mobilize the American spirit and advance the American story. 

...The House's passage Wednesday of the National Alzheimer's Project Act sends this critical legislation to the White House for President Obama's signature. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Insights Give Hope for New Attack on Alzheimer's</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-12-17T08:44:07-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/insights_give_new_hope.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/insights_give_new_hope.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Researchers have also found that amyloid, in its normal small amounts, seems to have a purpose in the brain &mdash; it may be acting like a circuit breaker to prevent nerve firing from getting out of control. 

...It includes the hippocampus, the brain&rsquo;s memory center, but also other areas, and is the brain&rsquo;s mind-wandering mode &mdash; the part that is active when, for instance, you&rsquo;re driving in your car and you start thinking about what you will make for dinner. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) Passes Congress</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-12-17T08:30:59-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/national_alzheimers_project_act_passes_congress.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/national_alzheimers_project_act_passes_congress.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Passage of the National Alzheimer&rsquo;s Project Act signals a recognition from the nation's leaders that a coordinated federal approach is necessary to confront one of America's most feared and costly disease.   Read More in the Medical News and The Alzheimer&rsquo;s Association and Contact the President to Sign this bill into law
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>USF-Byrd Research Progress</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-12-17T08:24:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/usf_byrd_research_continues.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/usf_byrd_research_continues.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[1, 2010) &mdash; Dynamic regulation of the chaperone protein Hsp27 was required to get rid of abnormally accumulating tau in the brains of mice genetically modified to develop the memory-choking tau tangles associated with Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease, a University of South Florida-led study found.


Researchers at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer&rsquo;s Institute demonstrated that the effective switching of Hsp27 between its active and deactivated states was critical on two fronts &mdash; to promote the recycling of the tau protein in healthy nerve cells and to clear abnormal tau from the brain before the protein could clump together into the sticky tau neurofibrillary tangles that kill brain cells involved in memory formation. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hope on the Horizon for Alzheimer's disease Patients</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-12-04T23:44:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/hope_on_the_horizon_for_alzheimers_disease_patients.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/hope_on_the_horizon_for_alzheimers_disease_patients.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease drugs available today help improve symptoms for some patients, but do not stop or delay the abnormal build-up of plaques in the brain &ndash; a hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory.


...&ldquo;Right now is one of the most exciting times to be in the field Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease research,&rdquo; said David Morgan, PhD, CEO and director of the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer&rsquo;s Institute. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Journal of Alzhemer's Disease</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><category>Scientific Journals</category><category>Alzheimer's Articles</category><dc:date>2010-08-21T08:09:22-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/journal_of_alzheimers_disease.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/journal_of_alzheimers_disease.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is an international multidisciplinary journal to facilitate progress in understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, behavior, treatment and psychology of Alzheimer's disease. ...  The journal is dedicated to providing an open forum for original research that will expedite our fundamental understanding of Alzheimer's disease. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>USF-Byrd Alzheimer's News</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-08-21T07:53:31-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/alzheimers_news_08202010.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/alzheimers_news_08202010.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Alzheimer&rsquo;s Institute faculty and graduate students are attending and presenting their work at the 10th annual International Conference (ICAD www.alz.org/icad). ...  New York Time Experts predict a two- to threefold increase in the number of people with the disease if new guidelines are adopted, as expected.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-08-15T11:50:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/alzheimers_spinal_fluid_test.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/alzheimers_spinal_fluid_test.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Although there has been increasing evidence of the value of this and other tests in finding signs of Alzheimer&rsquo;s, the study, which will appear Tuesday in the Archives of Neurology, shows how accurate they can be. 

...So the hope is to find good ways to identify people who are getting the disease, and use those people as subjects in studies to see how long it takes for symptoms to occur and in studies of drugs that may slow or stop the disease....&rdquo; <div class="feedflare">
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Assistive Technology for People Living with Alzheimer's Disease</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><dc:date>2010-07-02T19:43:39-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/technology_for_people_with_dementia.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/technology_for_people_with_dementia.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But as our society ages it is expected that 10 million new cases of dementia and Parkinson&rsquo;s will be diagnosed in the next 40 years. 

...It does not completely invade a person&rsquo;s privacy because it does not record pictures or sounds, but simply tracks and analyses a person&rsquo;s position in their home.
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>'Brain power' Pills</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Alzheimer's disease treatment</category><dc:date>2010-05-28T08:01:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/brain_power_pills.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/brain_power_pills.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Amanda Smith is a specialist in treating Alzheimer's disease, so she's accustomed to desperate families grasping at hope as they watch their loved ones disappear into dementia.


But her annoyance is clear when she recalls one woman who came into the office recently, holding a newspaper clipping touting a product's power to "reverse memory loss by up to 10 to 15 years."
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neuroscience Grants Awarded</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>USF Health News</category><category>Alzheimer's</category><category>Neurosciences</category><category>USF Health</category><dc:date>2010-05-21T08:01:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/bbeb3019be59a3e1fff7d3c099f57ef2-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/bbeb3019be59a3e1fff7d3c099f57ef2-3.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The grants were funded by $1 million in seed money provided by Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA, CEO for USF Health and dean of the College of Medicine, and Provost Ralph Wilcox, PhD, USF executive vice president.


...&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our expectation that these award recipients and all the others who put so much work into developing collaborative research proposals will be successful in moving to the next step &ndash; applying for competitive federal funding.&rdquo;
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</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Byrd Alzheimer's Institute Merger with USF Off to Great Start</title><dc:creator>Johnnie Byrd</dc:creator><category>Alzheimer's disease research</category><category>Clinical Trials</category><category>Research Grants</category><category>Alzheimer's disease treatment</category><dc:date>2010-04-23T18:17:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/f85242c44183ddb3d099a0f4927b9b87-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.johnniebyrd.com/usf_byrd_alzheimers_institute_files/f85242c44183ddb3d099a0f4927b9b87-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Another $1 million would be set aside as matching funds for the federal Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease Research 


...That $3 million investment is less than 1 percent of what the state pays each year to care for people with 
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