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From Gillibrand, Press: WITH 5 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S, GILLIBRAND INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT New Measure Would Improve Treatment Services For Alzheimer's Patients And Expand Training And Support Services For Their Families And Caregivers Washington, D.C. - " With an estimated 5 million ...

Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.

A mother and her child were riding an escalator at a railway station. The little boy was quick to notice a strange object sticking out of his mother's hip pocket.

Couples who have hit a "rocky patch" will be offered counselling on the NHS if their relationship problems are causing depression, it has emerged.

The success of Hobbie-J, which is named after a Chinese cartoon character, brings new hope for future dementia patients Hobbie-J might be the smartest rat, but these animals would give her a run for her money.

Talk And Exhibition on Realities of Aging & Alzheimers And Realities of Aging, Submitted by Nancy Helle, Farmington Library & Donald Axleroad, artist, on 2009-11-19.   Three exhibitions are showcasing the work of award-winning artist Donald Axleroad at the Farmington Library through November 27.

Posted in Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been found that infinitely diluted solutions of spurious ...

A study by neuroscientist William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues at Stanford University Medical School has demonstrated a possible new approach to slowing the inevitable progression of cognitive decline found in Down's syndrome.

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Dementia care in hospitals has featuredA in many newspapers. The Times reported that campaigners have said, "patients with dementia are staying too long in hospital and receiving 'disgraceful' care that worsens their condition." The Daily Telegraph said that "one in three never go back to their own homes and are discharged to a nursing home ...

These disorders tend to lead into one another. Depression leads to the acute disorder of delirium, and delirium gives way to the chronic disorder of dementia.

Hospital stays for people with dementia are far longer than for patients being treated for the same injury or illness but without dementia, it is claimed.

RESEARCH partly conducted in care homes on Tyneside has revealed that up to 150,000 people treated with anti-psychotic drugs don't need them.

"About 145,000 people with dementia are wrongly being prescribed powerful anti-psychotic medication which causes around 1,800 deaths a year," The Times reported.

'Her personality has changed completely,' says Ray Prike about his mother, Doris, who is 96 and has vascular dementia.

Reducing gum disease by brushing, flossing and seeing the dentist can improve your thought processes later in life Adults who take good care of their teeth may also be bolstering their memory skills Research has already established an association between poor oral health and Alzheimer's disease, as well as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Up to 150,000 people with dementia are wrongly being prescribed powerful sedatives to calm them down with around 1,500 of them dying as a result, a Government-ordered review has found.

Dementia is a terminal illness. However, people with advanced dementias often languish in skilled nursing facilities, far from the ministrations of specialists.

Lack of muscle strength could be one of the early signs of dementia according to a study published in Archives of Neurology.

A local Alzheimer's disease advocacy agency has started a new support group in response to a statewide report on services for Alzheimer's patients and their families.