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But when you forget what keys are for, that’s when you should start worrying. Read the article in the link for some tips to detect Alzheimer.
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Category Archives: Alzheimer Overview
Alzheimer choir
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HERE is a great initiative!
“Once you get the diagnosis [of Alzheimer’s], you’re identified as either the patient or the caregiver. You start to feel less like spouses,” said Tom Allen, who takes a half-day of vacation on Wednesdays so he can attend the rehearsals at the MacPhail Center for Music in downtown Minneapolis. “In this environment, we’re husband and wife. This is one of the few things that we can still do as a couple. … We love this choir.”
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Alzheimer on the road
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Women who find it difficult to think and move at the same time, an ability required to perform everyday tasks such as driving a car are at a higher risk of contracting Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a new study.
The researchers at York University in Canada found a link between performance in such tasks and a communication problem between different brain regions that promote simultaneous thinking and moving.
The study, focused on women, was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Your Alzheimer cookbook
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Another article about the claimed miracle diet to prevent Alzheimer called DASH. This time a more practical guide with what foods to eat and to avoid and what to make for dinner.
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Just 1 in 3 Alzheimer patients know their diagnosis
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A pretty alarming statistic, apparently only 45% of patients and caregivers are told the diagnosis of alzheimer and if you only count the patients themselves the number drops to 33%. Doctors tend to not tell the diagnosis to avoid emotional stress. Read the report by the Alzheimer association for more details….. and talk to your doctor about this.
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Teen with Alzheimer App goes to the President
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The teen has invented a pressure contact in a sock that sends a signal to the caregiver’s phone when the patient gets up and moves about. This will prevent them from getting lost easily. Great work from a dedicated teenager
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