According to an article from the San Francisco Chronicle, The Terraces retirement community in Fresno, CA announced that the facility is opening a new memory support residence for patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

According to an article from CNBC, the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple by 2050 due to the fact that the world is aging and the percentage of older people in the global population is growing. 

According to an article from Fox News, the herb ginkgo biloba could possibly be used as a treatment for symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

An article from Medical Express, an online medical news source, reported that the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in New York City has established an overnight program for Alzheimer’s patients who have developed sundowning syndrome; this syndrome occurs in the late stages of Alzheimer’s and results in disruptive sleep. 

According to a report from National Public Radio (NPR), October 1, 2012 marked the first day U.S. hospitals would be under Medicare’s Value-Based Purchasing Program; the program withholds 1 percent of the regular funds hospitals receive from Medicare and returns the money after the fiscal year to hospitals that adhere to 20 quality measures. 

The results of the International Alzheimer's Disease Physician Survey of nearly 1,000 physicians indicated that there are multiple factors that prevent physicians from making an accurate and timely diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. 

Scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine are conducting studies indicating that sleep problems in young people could be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease.

According to an article from Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, scientists have unexpectedly discovered that two anticancer drugs may be capable of restoring memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease patients.

An article from news.com.au reports that numerous setbacks in the search for an effective Alzheimer’s treatment have researchers, doctors, and patients frustrated with the slow progress and high costs.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently published the results of a chemical research report that studied the effects diacetyl (DA), a common ingredient found in microwave popcorn butter flavoring, may have on the development of Alzheimer’s disease.