The Bachelorette’s Clare Crawley has finally reunited with her mother Lilia after being apart due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 39-year-old reality star’s mother – who has Alzheimer’s and dementia – has been quarantined apart from her daughter in her Sacramento care center, and has been struggling in a wheelchair due to her weakened body. … Read more
Scientists are concerned the coronavirus could cause long-term damage to the brain and central nervous system, potentially leading to Alzheimer’s in later life. US and UK-based academics are planning a large-scale global study to investigate the possibility SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, could lead to cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other forms of dementia … Read more
Pregnant Fiona Falkiner details her mother Jill’s ongoing battle with Alzheimer’s – and reveals ‘the past year has not been good for her’ By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:42 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 07:42 GMT, 6 January 2021 She will soon welcome her first child, a son, with fiancée Hayley Willis. … Read more
Millie Bobby Brown pens beautiful tribute to her grandmother who died from Alzheimer’s… as she reveals she had to say goodbye on FaceTime due to COVID-19 By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 00:38 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 00:40 GMT, 11 November 2020 Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown shared a heartbreaking tribute to her grandmother … Read more
Incredible moment former prima ballerina suffering from Alzheimer’s was transformed when she heard music from Swan Lake Marta C Gonzalez, who died in 2019, is shown at a care home in Valencia She is visibly moved as Tschaikovsky’s Swan Lake begins to play on headphones Ms Gonzalez remembers the choreography that she danced to in … Read more
FDA set to approve a new Alzheimer’s drug – a first in nearly 20 years – by March after Biogen showed its treatment may slow the progress of the memory disease U.S. regulators will review the drug, called aducanumab, for approval on Friday They released documents on the treatment on Wednesday and said the drug’s … Read more
Blazing Saddles actress Carol Arthur has died at 85… after 11-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease Carol Arthur died aged 85, after an 11-year-battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Sunday in Woodland Hills, California The celebrated actress portrayed Rock Ridge schoolmarm Harriett Van Johnson in the 1974 classic Blazing Saddles Carol Arthur died aged 85, after an … Read more
Heart-melting moment actor Ryan O’Neal FaceTimes a Love Story fan living with Alzheimer’s to say goodnight in person after learning she kisses his picture every night Erica Steiner’s mother Robin met her favorite actor over video call on October 23 Ryan O’Neal, 79, said time ‘flew by’ and it’s been ’50 years’ since movie released … Read more
William H. Gates II, the father of Microsoft co-founder and the world’s second richest man Bill Gates, has died at the age of 94, the family announced on Tuesday. In a moving message, his son paid tribute to an ‘amazing and dignified man’ who was a ‘quiet influence on almost everything I have done in life.’ … Read more
Alzheimer’s zapped: Scientist launch landmark trial to treat dementia by sending electric currents deep into the brain Imperial College London and UK Dementia Research Institute got a $1.5m grant It came from US philanthropists, including Bill Gates, to trial the new technology Researchers chose 24 patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s to have the therapy After dozens of … Read more