Alzheimer; News from the web:
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; News from the web:
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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Not sure how scientifically validated this test is but this piece gives you a great understanding of what our mind is capable of.
If you just imagine how great you understand a wide variety of people, speaking with different voices, accents, rhythms but you get what they say and then compare to the outcomes of your spoken searches on your cellphone, siri, or google, the technology has some way to go to catch up with our wonderful brain.
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In a groundbreaking study from Stanford University School of Medicine, researchers detailed the significance of a protein called C1q, which was previously known as the initiator of the immune system response. After analyzing brain tissue in mice of varying ages, as well as postmortem samples of a 2-month-old infant and an elderly person, they discovered that C1q exponentially increases in the aging brain – creating as much as a 300-fold buildup. Comparatively, most age-associated increases of proteins in the brain are only three- or four-fold
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Citing not enough evidence that the test would improve Alzheimer care, the authorities have decided in the US that they will not cover the cost of an available and approved test for Alzheimer.
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A PBS article about 10 things we should all know about Alzheimer.
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