Alzheimer on the road

Alzheimer; News from the web:

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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Alzheimer; News from the web:

A clever new analysis has found that during his two terms in office, subtle changes in Mr. Reagan’s speaking patterns linked to the onset of dementia were apparent years before doctors diagnosed hisAlzheimer’s disease in 1994.

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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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