Topic: Boston

Dementia link to lack of vitamin B

The article reports on the U.S. study concerning potential of B-vitamins deficiency to increase the risk of vascular dementia. com NEWS 7 GIKazones an option for type-2 diabetes Viewpoint, page 43 Heart attack sufferers should avoid pollution and stress of heavy traffic, ...
Nursing home residents with advanced dementia have a high mortality rate, and residents with end-stage renal disease who begin dialysis face a high risk of functional decline in the following year, according to two studies in the Oct. 15 New England Journal ...
Showing elderly people a video depicting advanced dementia after they hear a verbal description, affects the choices they make about end-of-life care, according to a study published online May 28 in BMJ.. Angelo E. Volandes, M.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, ...

Watch Advanced-Dementia Video, Then Make a Decision

Not only is it tough to think about what kind of care you would want at the end of your life; it can be difficult even to imagine what the circumstances might be like. A group of researchers in Boston tested the ...