Alzheimers weakens or destroys memory and reasoning.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

It attacks the brain's nerve cells, robs memory and impairs thinking and language skills.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"I go to the gym," (No Transcripts) Michael Reagan says that while following a healthy diet, reading and learning new skills can help sharpen one's memory and possibly prevent or slow the advance of the illness, the most effective way to fight Alzheimer's is to volunteer and support funding for current research.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

But learning so much of it in such a short time, that's a big scramble -- and they have to know it from memory."

VOA: special.2011.07.11

It's a memory from childhood or it's eating something that you know you weren't supposed to, but you did it anyway and really enjoyed it.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

"Any and all Valentine's when I actually had a girlfriend." And the worst memory?

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Ted Nash's composition "Dali" was influenced by the painting called "The Persistence of Memory."

VOA: special.2010.03.24

That's what my fondest memory is,too, of the little Valentine's hearts that come out once a year, little nice kind of love little candies with sayings on them."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The holiday honors the memory of the nation's military dead.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

What is his best Valentine's Day memory?

VOA: special.2010.02.08

They weren't able to find a rhythm. I think it's the bets game in my recent memory I could ever imagine the U.S.playing."

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"So he did it!" "If you look at the Norman Rockwell painting of Christmas,that's my memory.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"It's still here. And the memory's here.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

"But Alzheimer's affects a number of spheres as well, including language,someone's ability to participate in conversation following conversations,as well" He adds that current treatments focus on improving memory, language capabilities and the ability to participate in family activities to put some enjoyment back into lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04