It has long been known that people with Alzheimer's disease lose body mass and become cachectic.

The most likely explanation is that there is something about these individuals or about this disease that affects body mass index (BMI) before the clinical syndrome becomes apparent -- that loss of BMI reflects the disease process itself.

These findings suggest that subtle, unexplained body mass and weight loss in an older person may be an early sign of AD [Alzheimer's disease] and can precede the development of obvious memory problems,

One in eight people you know in Virginia have signs of kidney disease ranging from the earliest stages to the very advanced. Unfortunately, many didn't know they had a problem until it had advanced too for.

There still are a lot of people who are infected. It's a chronic manageable disease. These are people who are living longer.

The major way we've reduced the death rate from heart disease is through lifestyle changes: eating better, exercising more, smoking less. It would require a lot of people to change the way they live, but there's no reason to think we can't have the same impact on Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.