[ad_1] Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O. Connor said she was diagnosed with "dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease." She was seen here in 2012. Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images hide …
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[ad_1] Powerful drugs used for decades to treat delirium are ineffective for this purpose, according to a study published online Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Antipsychotic medications, such as …
Read More »Dementia Care and Cure Initiative hosts event to make Sarasota County a “dementia caring community” | Community
[ad_1] SARASOTA, FL (WWSB) – A growing number of people here on the Suncoast are suffering from dementia. While Florida is projected to have more than 120,000 people with Alzheimer’s Disease by …
Read More »Babydoll therapy for those with Alzheimers and Dementia
[ad_1] BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A recently new therapy for Alzheimer's and Dementia patients is here in Kern County. Kimberly McAnally, the Alzheimer's Disease Association's Program Manager of Kern County, said they started …
Read More »Fast Five Quiz: Dementia
[ad_1] Dementia, or the loss of cognitive functioning and behavioral abilities, can affect various aspects of daily life and activities. Functions such as language, problem solving, memory, visual perception and other elements …
Read More »Many cases of dementia could be influenced by DNA errors
[ad_1] The development of dementia in non-inherited cases may be influenced by errors in our DNA that occur when cells divide and replicate, according to a newspaper article. Nature Communications. Dementia is …
Read More »Dementia may result from non-inherited DNA errors
[ad_1] According to a new study, it is thought that only a small proportion of cases of dementia are hereditary, the cause of which is still unknown. In a study published in …
Read More »Aging parents with dementia? Beware of thieving financial advisors
[ad_1] <div _ngcontent-c15 = "" innerhtml = " Dementia and money do not go well together. Research tells us that financial decision-making is the first ability to decline when Alzheimer's disease starts …
Read More »Spontaneous genetic mutations in the uterus can be the cause of the majority of dementia cases
[ad_1] "With the aging of the global population, we are seeing an increasing number of people affected by diseases such as Alzheimer's, but we still do not sufficiently understand the majority of …
Read More »Dementia and Firearms: When Should Physicians Approach the Subject? | national
[ad_1] Some patients refuse to answer. Many doctors do not ask. As the number of Americans with dementia increases, health professionals are wondering when and how to ask the question: "Do you …
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