Brain Imaging Model Accurately Identifies Alzheimer’s
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease | No Comments »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: New Technique Helps Distinguish Alzheimer’s From Other Types of Dementia March 31, 2008, New York – The use of a brain imaging technique that measures sugar metabolism within a critical area of the ...
Getting Proper Care From An Alzheimers Society
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease | 5 Comments »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Getting Proper Care From An Alzheimers Society. Are you looking for an American Alzheimers society aimed at providing education, emotional support and practical assistance for your Alzheimers patient relative? The importance of seeking ...
Dementia and Delirium
Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease | 11 Comments »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction: The term ‘organic mental disorder/syndrome' in psychiatry is used when there is a ‘disease of the body' which present with psychiatric symptoms. In contrast, ‘functional mental disorders' are considered to be ‘disease ...
Dementia and How it is Diagnosed
Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease | 12 Comments »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Many of us may from time to time, forget our neighbour’s name or the items to purchase at the grocery store, and we wonder if this is part of normal aging. Your doctor ...
Extended Interview with Alzheimer’s Caregiver, Ric Gomez
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease | 9 Comments »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Taking care of the elderly is quite a challenge since most of the time, 100% attention is required for them. A difficult and testing time in the lives of the elderly is the ...
Alzheimer’s Disease
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases | 1 Comment »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Alzheimer's Disease. People tend to forget certain things because of work and other priorities. This is not uncommon because this does happen to everybody. However, when an individual tends to forget even the simplest ...
Alzheimers and Dementia
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases | No Comments »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Alzheimer's and dementia are strongly linked because Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. Dementia is the constant evolution of the atrophy of the brain's cognitive functions. In the case of Alzheimer's, ...
Dementia: Understanding the Symptoms of Dementia
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 Posted in Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases | 1 Comment »Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Dementia is profound and progressive decline in memory accompanied by problems in one or more additional areas of cognition. Person with dementia usually starts by having frequent short-term memory problems. Particularly ...
