Alzheimer; News from the web:
This question keeps puzzling the researchers. The 2013 Geoffrey Beene Global Neuro Discovery Challenge provides $100,000 in prize awards to teams who will engage and figure this out.
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Category Archives: Alzheimer Overview
Keep Alzheimer patients safe in the fall
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The Alzheimer Reading Room brings some great advice to keep seniors with Alzheimer safe during the fall months. Some things are very obvious and other items mentioned you may not immediately have taken care of. So now is the time, keep them safe!
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Know the signs of Alzheimer
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From time to time it is good to stop and think about your own situation. Read through the descriptions and ask yourself if you could have been affected by Alzheimer.
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Emergency help causing Alzheimer
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With lots of elderly, the event of going to an emergency room and staying maybe for a couple of hours or days, can be very intimidating and cause a severe set back in cognitive abilities. Sometimes these symptoms can be temporary but even then, it may trigger a whole change in the life of the person involved and their families. About 1 in 4 patients will have longer remaining issues.
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Alzheimer and good news
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The Washington post today brings an overview article on Alzheimer. A good read and great overview on the latest good news.
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Alzheimer defined
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Defining and diagnosing alzheimer is not as easy as one would think. Read the good review about the topic by someone who is just detected with Alzheimer.
The issue is that the definition for alzheimer talks about an impairment in memory and in another area of cognition that interferes with daily life. There in lies the debate about what is and what is not Alzheimer. A good read!
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