Topic: Dementia

Why were you inspired to write about someone suffering from dementia in Ptolemy Grey? And I had to, you know, because my mother was an only child, my father was an only child, I'm an only child. And in taking care of ...
Dementia defines a group of symptoms that happen when the brain develops damage from certain diseases. Vascular dementia is a common form of the problem, second only to Alzheimer's disease. Mild vascular cognitive impairment Multi-infarct dementia, caused by numerous small strokes Single ...
According to the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer's disease affects 5.1 million Americans. Although Alzheimer's primarily strikes people 65 and over, early-onset Alzheimer's can affect people in their 40s or 50s. Alzheimer's Memory Problem Checklist An elderly person's memory loss is one ...
Early symptoms of dementia in seniors appear gradually. With some brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, physical damage occurs when parts of the brain shrink and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of symptoms of dementia in seniors. While a ...
Anxiously tapping the rolled-up newspaper she held in her right hand against the palm of her left, Katherine shivered in the cold weather. A few of the doors had names on them, and Katherine tried to read them, but all she could ...

How’s Your Angina, Mrs. Jones — And Who Manages Your Money?

Are financial scams targeting the elderly a medical problem?. The IPT is one of the handful of consumer and senior protection groups behind the new Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation Prevention Program, which 22 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico ...

What is Alzheimer's?

Well that says we have a big problem on our hands and the problem is diseases of aging, diseases where aging is a major component of the onset of the disease and I would say Alzheimer's is number one on the list ...
For some time, scientists have been aware of a possible link between the level of education of an individual and their risk of developing dementia prior to their death (Stern et al, 1994). This makes the brain particularly susceptible to degenerative conditions, ...
Data from a Spanish study, presented at the 4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, show that a high percentage of people with fibromyalgia do have measurable cognitive dysfunction. Researchers say this dysfunction should be classified as "mild cognitive disorder" under the ...
After more than 1,400 Swedish women followed for 32 years, Johns Hopkins researchers found that those with high cholesterol at mid-life were at no greater risk of developing Alzheimer's and other types of dementia than women with lower levels. Both cell and ...