Opinion
Diagnosing ‘Stage One Alzheimer’s Disease’ based solely on biomarkers is potentially dangerous to patients.
Climate & Environment
A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms recently have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through sick animals’ urine.
Television
Despite the advance of his dementia, the legendary writer behind ‘Deadwood’ and ‘NYPD Blue’ is still writing — with help from his wife and a longtime friend.
California
The report is thought to be the first that estimates Alzheimer’s prevalence in the U.S. at the county level. Researchers reviewed 3,142 counties across the country.
Movies
Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s, according to her son, ‘The Notebook’ director Nick Cassavetes. ‘We lived it, she acted it, and now it’s on us,’ he says.
People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and other serious “cardiac events,” researchers say.
Science & Medicine
People without memory problems could be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s under a plan by an influential scientific panel dominated by members with ties to drug companies.
Sports
Five more horses have died at a barn at Los Alamitos, bringing the total to 12 deaths as a result of an outbreak of equine infectious anemia.
Rosie O’Donnell says her daughter Chelsea, who faces felony child neglect and drug possession charges after a recent arrest, has long struggled with addiction.
Three Southern California counties ranked among the highest in the U.S. for total number of people with the disorder. Researchers’ next step: identifying risk factors county by county.