Ara Balears in English - Alzheimer's

Mallorca advances in the early detection of Alzheimer's with a new imaging test

ARA Balears — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:15:51 +0000

Son Espases University Hospital The Balearic Islands Health Service has incorporated early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease into the Balearic public health system using a brain amyloid PET/CT. This procedure allows for the detection of the accumulation of the amyloid ß protein in the brain, which is a key biomarker indicating the development of Alzheimer's disease with greater diagnostic certainty, the Health Service explained.

Magui, 65, with Alzheimer's: "My man is my boss"

Marcos Torío — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:20:03 +0000

The testimony of a person with Alzheimer's disease involves a paradox. For it to be trustworthy, it takes two. The person telling the story and the person caring for it nuance, correct, and complete it. Magui is 65 years old. Two years ago, her primary care doctor referred her to a neurologist. "She didn't tell me why I needed these tests, and I didn't ask for it either," she explains. Her mother suffered from "very severe" Alzheimer's disease just two years before dying from a fall. And she has learned that her great-grandmothers also suffered from the disease. "Even with this history, I couldn't even imagine that I could have it," she confesses. At the hospital, the specialist simply handed her a report while continuing to type. "I read: 'Alzheimer's diagnosis' and I couldn't stop crying. When I asked if I could ask him a question, he told me he had a lot of patients. They didn't even say goodbye to us," she recounts. Together with Magui, her husband (71 years old) makes pancakes and confirms this. Xavier is an observant man; he leaves sentences open-ended, demanding ellipses. He, and his intact memory, qualifies, corrects, and completes Magui's story.

Stars and atoms

Sebastià Franch Expósito — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:16:03 +0000

With everything happening in the world—nonstop conflicts, tense discourses, collapsing ecosystems—sometimes one wonders if watching the news serves any purpose other than adding to the anguish of the day. And perhaps that's why, increasingly, the refuge of a book, the starry sky, or the inside of a cell don't seem like bad places to lose yourself for a while. Not to escape reality, but to remind ourselves that there are still spaces that can amaze us. That science, however, continues to discover and open windows.

“My father wanted to capture the image of everything he loved.”

Cati Moyà — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:05:36 +0000

Giving visibility to the reality behind Alzheimer's, through exhibitions, books or even a documentary – the award-winning Bicycle, spoon, apple, directed by Carles Bosch– has been one of the main focuses of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, founded in 2008 and currently led by Cristina Maragall, daughter of the former president of the Generalitat (Catalan government).