Dementia

Cognitive Score Changes Over Time May Hint at Dementia

medicinenet.com     22 hrs ago   1 related          

HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) — Yearly changes in a person's performance on cognitive testing may be associated with Using a newly developed model to assess the effect of variations in a person's score...                    

Compounds Have Potential For Diagnosis, Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease

sciencedaily.com     yesterday   4 related          

New research suggests that a select group of compounds that interact with a protein in the brain might be used in the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders. Scientists have discovered...                    

Heart disease is linked to worse mental processes that, in turn, predict the onset of dementia

physorg.com     Jul 23, 2008   12 related          

Coronary heart disease is associated with a worse performance in mental processes such as reasoning, vocabulary and verbal fluency, according to a study of 5837 middle-aged Whitehall civil servants. The study also found that...                    

Son: Getty hadn't been lucid in long time

upi.com     Jul 23, 2008   361 related          

LOS ANGELES, July 22 (UPI) -- Estelle Getty's son, Carl Gettleman, said the U.S. television actress suffered from dementia and had osteoporosis before she died Tuesday. Getty, best known for playing Sophia on the 1980s and '90s...                    

Memory Problems Tied to Sound Processing Disorder

livescience.com     Jul 22, 2008   16 related          

By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) -- Mild memory impairment may be associated with a sound processing disorder called central auditory processing dysfunction, say U.S. researchers. People with the disorder...                    

Depression linked with first stroke in elderly

reuters.com     Jul 22, 2008   6 related          

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study in the current issue of the journal Stroke suggest that there is an association between depression and an increased risk of having a first stroke in elderly patients. "It has...                    

Feel blue? Try leafy greens and other 'mood foods'

newsvine.com     Jul 22, 2008   3 related          

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:11 PM EDT From fighting off cranky behavior to preventing dementia, foods can have a powerful effect on your mental health. Nutritionist Joy Bauer shares what you should eat to...                    

Brenda Avadian’s Answer to Random Drawing Winner’s Question

alzheimersnotes.com     Jul 22, 2008          

AlzheimersNotes.com Donna Sparks was the winner of the recent drawing for a copy of Finding the JOY in Alzheimer’s by Brenda Avadian, author and editor. Adding value to the drawing was Brenda’s offer to answer a question from...                    

Hiking Kilimanjaro for Alzheimer's

suite101.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Alzheimer's 10th Anniversary Climb in Tanzania For Fundraising West Coast team will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society in September 2008, building on nine previous climbs of the famed Tanzanian...                    

S.M. Wilson & Co. to build $25.5M Sunrise Senior Living Alzheimer's community (at bizjournals.com)

yahoo.com     Jul 22, 2008          

St. Louis Business Journal - by to build a new $25.5 million senior living community in Carmel, Ind., to serve individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The new development will include two connected four-story...                    

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