Links to sites that address
Alzheimer's disease
Link to a discussion group on Alzheimer's disease:
http://www.memtrax.net/forum/
(The MemTrax Open Forum)
Links to organizations that address Alzheimer's disease:
http://www.alzfdn.org/
(Alzheimer's Foundation of America)
http://www.alzforum.org/
(Alzheimer Forum - discusses research advances)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/
(ADEAR, sponsored by the NIA)
http://www.worldeventsforum.com/
(World Event Forum)
http://www.alz.org/
(Alzheimer's Association)
http://www.aagpgpa.org/
(American Association of Geriatric
Psychiatry)
http://www.ahaf.org/
(American Health Assistance
Foundation)
http://www.alz.co.uk/
(United Kingdom Alzheimer's Disease
International)
http://www.liaf.org/
(Long Island Alzheimer Foundation)
http://www.jdfaf.org/
(John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation)
(a
personal note, Dr. French, my first adviser at UCLA, was
a famous neurosurgeon and brain researcher and a very generous
individual, JWA)
Links related to medications (FDA approved for Alzheiimer's
disease):
http://www.razadyneer.com/
(Janssen's site supporting
galantamine)
http://www.aricept.com/
(Pfizer/Essai's site supporting
donepezil)
http://www.exelon.com/
(Novartis' site supporting rivastigmine)
http://www.namenda.com/
(Forest's site supporting memantine)
http://www.drugwatch.com/
– DrugWatch.com provides up-to-date drug information on the side effects of common prescriptions and over-the-counter medications
Links to sites offering other tests:
http://www.memtrax.net/
(MemTrax Social Network - internet memory games)
http://www.memtrax.com/
(MemTrax - clinical computer memory assessment)
http://www.nationalmemoryscreening.org/
(The Alzheimer's Foundation of America sponsored
National Memory Screening Day -
a day in November to get a screening test for memory problems)
http://www.gpcog.com/
(The General Practitioner assessment of COGnition)
http://www.camcog.com/
(Cambridge Cognition, Camdex and CANTAB)
http://www.cognisyst.com/
(Cognisyst, Inc, see Word Memory Test)
http://www.queendom.com/
(see Visual Memory Test)
http://www.psychtests.com/
(various psychological tests)
http://www.alzheimersscreen.com/
(a computer-based neuropsych test)
Links to sites offering assisted living information:
http://www.assisted-living-directory.com/
(Assisted Living Directory)
http://www.assistedlivingfacilities.org/
(Assisted Living Facilities)