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• Grape seed extract may help Alzheimers (TVNZ)
  
  A red grape seed extract that packs the punch of red wine - without the alcohol - could help protect against memory loss due to Alzheimer's disease, research in mice suggests.
  


• Alzheimers patient found (FOX10 Gulf Coast)
  
  PENSACOLA, Fla. - Deputies spent Monday night looking for a missing 70-year-old Alzheimer's patient. They found him around 40 yards back in the woods, because of a simple device called lifesaver. It's a program that can track wandering patients.
  


• T.G. Sheppard to perform in Augusta (Maumelle Monitor)
  
  In his career, T. G. Sheppard has performed on Arkansas stages countless times. With a lengthy track record of hit singles, the veteran artist remains a popular attraction in the Natural State.
  


• Tri-County Community Calendar for June 25 (Tri-County Journal)
  
  Etc. "FLOWER POWER" SUMMER DAY CAMP: 9 a.m. to noon MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, JULY 7 THROUGH 10, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. FRIDAY, JULY 11, Legion Park, Bald Hill Road, Eureka. Camp is for children ages 5 to 12. Fee: $40, $35 for each additional child in the same family. Info: (636) 938-6775.
  


• Train Your Brain: 'Brain fitness' market booming with boomers (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  
  Teenagers cramming for tests and people worried about "senior moments" can now turn to an explosion of brain-assisting video games, such as Nintendo's Brain Age; puzzles that are said to ward off dementia, such as Sudoku and crosswords; and online tips that claim to train the brain.
  


• Myriad Genetics Stops Work on Alzheimer’s Drug (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
  
  Flurizan, a drug developed by Myriad Genetics to treat Alzheimer’s disease, failed in a closely watched late-stage clinical trial, dealing another blow to efforts to combat the illness.
  


• Namibia: 'Smittie' Has Alzheimer's (AllAfrica.com)
  
  Hannes Smith, reporter-in-chief of the Windhoek Observer, has been discharged from hospital after doctors established he is in the early phases of Alzheimers.
  


• An Alzheimer's disease target identified (Moldova.org)
  
  U.S. scientists say the protein neprilysin can reduce plaque formation and neuron death associated with Alzheimer's disease, but at the expense of lifespan.Thomas Jefferson University researchers said the buildup of amyloid-beta protein plaques within the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's. Normally, enzymes remove the plaques, and deficiencies in those enzymes are one potential disease ...
  


• Myriad's Phase III Alzheimer's study fails end point (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
  
  Myriad Genetics has announced results of the Act-Earli-AD trial, an 18-month Phase III study of Flurizan in patients with mild Alzheimers disease.
  


• Hospice offers ‘gift of a day’ (The Olathe News)
  
  Sherri Bickley, director of social services with Crossroads Hospice of Kansas City, says when she helps with "The Gift of the Day" she puts the focus on life.