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Eat the Right Foods To Prevent Memory Loss
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The idea that you could lose your memory is worrisome to many folks. Regrettably, this very thing takes place to many individuals around our world every day. Alzheimers disease and other medical disorders that cause dementia steal the memories of thousands of people on a daily basis. They may forget past events, loved ...3 hours ago -
Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap
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Featured Book:Connecting the Dots
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People with advancing Alzheimer’s face difficulty in communicating in a conventional way.If you have a loved one in the middle or late stages of Alzheimer’s disease, you know how frustrating and difficult it can be to communicate. But it’s not impossible to maintain a real relationship with your friend or family ...20 hours ago -
Caregiver contest: Win books about caring for elderly parents
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Jupiter Images UnlimitedNovember is National Caregivers Month. November being National Caregivers Month, this weeks contest will award two lucky readers with a pair of books. Gloria Barsamians book sells for $34.95 at Barnes & Noble. Each winner will receive a...23 hours ago -
Dual task could help diagnose dementia
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Multi- tasking could help tell the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and depression Alzheimer’s Society found today (Monday, 9 November 2009) in Journal of Neurology.Depression and the early stages of dementia share many of the same symptoms. For people with severe depression the powers of reasoning and ...23 hours ago -
Alzheimers Disease Research Cure
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Here is a great dementia resource for caregivers and healthcare professinals, Here is information on being the best caregiver you can be Here are more interesting dementia brain boosting activities Here is a dementia Thanksgiving activity eHow At present there is no cure for Alzheimers disease (AD). Once ...1 day ago -
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Here is a great dementia resource for caregivers and healthcare professinals, Here is information on being the best caregiver you can be Here are more interesting dementia brain boosting activities Here is a dementia Thanksgiving activity redOrbit One of the many mysteries of Alzheimers disease is ...2 days ago -
To Touch Moms Face Again
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This was a very difficult trip back to upstate New York to visit my mother over the past weekend. Some may look at the time, distance, and effort involved and ask whether it was worth it. Was it worth it to get up at 4:00 am, scramble to OHare for a 6:45 am flight? Only for the woman who raised you to not even ...4 days ago -
Is Surgery a Cause of Alzheimers Disease?
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Last blog, we talked about head trauma as a risk factor for Alzheimers disease, stimulated by recent press regarding potentially hundreds of NFL players suffering dementia. But to put the NFL issue in perspective, there are many other modifiable and preventable risk factors for dementia with far more importance in ...5 days ago -
Resource Fairs Entice Sponsors and Draw People to Your Event
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If you’re planning a charity walk, run, or ride and you’re looking for ways to attract sponsors and participants, consider adding a resource fair to your event. When I was planning my first Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk , one of my committee members suggested this to me, and it proved to be a key factor ...6 days ago -
Remember Much?
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Are you always forgetting where you put your keys? Do you tend to forget people’s names? Do you forget what you were saying mid-sentence? Do you often miss appointments? Sometimes forgetfulness can be attributed to a sporadic lapse in memory, however if the problem persists, it may be a sign that you’re suffering ...6 days ago -
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
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span class=”drop_cap”>One of the most devastating forms of memory loss is Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible and progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills. Today, Alzheimer’s is the second most-feared illness in America, following cancer, and may affect as many as five ...6 days ago -
Memory test predicts pre-dementia
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University of Oxford scientists, part-funded by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, have found language and memory tests can reliably predict when a healthy elderly person is likely to develop Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) – a dementia precursor.University of Oxford scientists, part-funded by the Alzheimer’s ...1 week ago -
Flu deaths higher among seniors with dementia
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Jupiter Images UnlimitedStudy shows higher death rate from flu among seniors with dementia. A report in US News & World Report says that flu deaths are higher among seniors with dementia. An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza in adults...1 week ago -
More hereditary risk factors for Alzheimers disease identified
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Alzheimer’s disease is a hereditary condition. About 60% of the risk for the degenerative brain disease is thought to be genetic, based on the results of twin studies. The best known evidence of this is a gene called apolipoprotein E . People with a variant called APOE e4 are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s. ...1 week ago -
Old and Orgetful
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The recent elections threw up a spate of experienced “senior citizen” politicians, astute, informed and ready with verbal repartee. They are part of the 4.5 per cent of our population over the age of 65 years. They present a stark contrast to many other senior citizens who cannot remember what was said to them a ...1 week ago -
High Blood Pressure Likely in Alzheimers Offspring
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MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged adults whose parents have Alzheimers disease are at increased risk for high blood pressure , evidence of arterial disease and markers of inflammation -- all of which may be associated with later development of Alzheimers disease . read more1 week ago -
Stem Cell Connections to Health
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by PlacidWay | Integrative Medical Center Many people don’t know the difference between different types of stem cells and their potential uses in the development of treatments for a multitude of illnesses and disease processes. Stem cells from different part of the body are identified by different names. ...1 week ago -
Preventative brain radiation for lung cancer patients: Benefits and risks
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CHICAGO -- A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the1 week ago -
Executive functioning in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia
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Executive functioning in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2009 B. McGuinness 1 * , S. L. Barrett 1 , D. Craig 1 , J. Lawson 2 , A. P. Passmore Geriatric Medicine, Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical ...1 week ago
