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Dementia on the decline in United States
As people age they tend to contribute a lack of recall on a “senior moment.” In people over 70 are described as cognitive impaired–an umbrella term for significant memory loss to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Kenneth Langa, M.D., PhD, University of Michigan Medical School physician, and associates, based a study of 11,000 people from data provided [...]
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Approximately 30,000 Americans have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative condition often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Approximately, 5 to 10 percent of all ALS cases are inherited, the rest are sporadic. Michael Gitcho, PhD, postdoctoral research associate, and Nigel Cairns, PhD, research associate professor of neurology and pathology and immunology, Washington University School [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Dementia linked to low levels of foliate
Dementia is more likely to occur in those who are older, relatively poorly educated, inactive, and have deposits of the protein ApoE. Researchers now believe the onset of dementia is significantly more likely in those with lower than usual foliate levels. Researchers tracked the development of dementia in 518 people over 2 years (2001-2003). Participants [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Alzheimer’s associated plaque discovered to form rapidly
Amyloid plaques have long been identified as a significant cause of Alzheimer’s disease, but the speed at which it develops has been unknown. Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD, director of the Alzheimer’s Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, used a novel technique for microscopically imaging the brains of living animals. Using mice that developed amyloid plaques, researchers imaged [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Alzheimer’s patients may benefit from apple juice
Alzheimer’s disease is thought to be caused by neurotoxicity. Cornell University researchers report in the Journal of Food Science, that apples, bananas, and oranges may provide more than just vitamins, minerals, and fiber. The researchers found that juice extracts from those fruits also have protective antioxidants, called phenolic phytochemicals, that prevents neurotoxicity. A key benefit [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Early Alzheimer’s patients may be okay to drive
Cognitive impairment increases the chance of an auto accident, but at what point should someone identified as having Alzheimer’s stop driving? Brian Ott, M.D., professor, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, studied a group 128 individuals of whom 84 had been diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The participants all drove. Individuals diagnosed with [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Early Alzheimer’s detection linked to years of education
The earlier a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease the greater their benefit from treatment. Catherine Roe, Ph.D., neurology research instructor, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, reviewed data representing over 22,000 Alzheimer’s patients. Roe found that Alzheimer’s patients with more that 12 years of education were diagnosed at a slightly [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Alzheimer’s risk may not be reduced by statin use
Hope was recently given to users of cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins because the suggestion was that the drug there were taking would help reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. A new study involving 929 Catholic clergy members, with an average age of 75-years, challenges those findings. At the beginning of the study all 929 participants [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Alzheimer’s test may become part of the routine checkup
The earlier Alzheimer’s disease is detected the more benefit a patient will gain from available treatments. Unfortunately, it isn’t until overt signs of a decline in cognitive ability, that threaten a person’s well being, is the individual brought into a clinic for testing. Testing for early signs of Alzheimer’s usually require assessing the person’s cognitive ability. The [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia Declining memory linked to lack of imagination
When children imagine their future selves as astronauts, politicians, or superheroes they are using episodic memory. Episodic memory allows individuals to project themselves both backward and forward in subjective time. Creating an imaginary event, known as constructive-episodic-simulation, requires an individual to recall details of a previous experience and to put them together to create the [...]
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