Dementia is a word-wide issue, affecting the increasing size of the aging population.
These are some research findings that could help Alzheimer’s & Dementia p
This week, health care professionals and scientists from around the world met in Vancouver to present the latest cutting-edge research on Alzheimer's disease for the annual Alzheimer's Association International Conference. There was a lot of buzz about new studies, including drug advancements that could be potential treatments in the future. But for the average patient with Alzheimer's, or for their caregivers, it's easy to get lost in the abundance of abstracts and scientific minutia.
Will it be helpful for health professionals using the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — most of them not psychiatrists, but primary care doctors — to begin diagnosing mild neurocognitive disorder?
The word dementia comes from the Latin de meaning apart and mens from the genitive mentis meaning mind. Dementia is the progressive deterioration in cognitive funct
Researchers at Utah State University have discovered that the progression of decline in brain functioning among Alzheimer's patients may be dramatically slowed if caregivers simply change the patient's environment. More specifically, caregivers who utilize higher levels of "positive" coping strategies -- problem-focused coping, seeking greater social support, counting blessings -- were able to slow down dementia's progress as measured by a variety of global standards.
During a five-hour surgery last October at Kathy Sanford became the first Alzheimer’s patient in the United States to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain. She is the first of up to 10 patients who will be enrolled in a new FDA-approved study.
New studies address the alternative platforms and ethical questions surrounding wearable cameras for 'lifelogging.'
Older adults who have suffered from aphasia for a long time can nevertheless improve their language function and maintain these improvements in the long term, according to a study by Dr. Ana Ines
Memory loss and other symptoms of Alzheimer's disease may be reversible, researchers say, and a vaccine based on a plaque-busting monophosphoryl lipid A could be on the way, too
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