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Wandering with dementia/alzheimer’s
Alzheimer; News from the web:
It is more common than not, people with dementia or Alzheimer’s, will wander. The article in our link for today gives a good start for an emergency plan to have ready for when this happens.
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Forget pulling all nighters
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Apparently even loosing one night of sleep can increase your risk of Alzheimer’s
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2019 in review
They may change before you have a dianosis
Alzheimer; News from the web:
When it comes to Alzheimer’s, what happens first: beta amyloid plaques, or the visible personality and cognitive changes common with the disease? Researchers have long believed that amyloid drives neurodegeneration in the brain. But it’s possible that subtle changes in a person’s thinking abilities may actually precede the development of beta-amyloid protein, providing more clues to the complexity of the disease, according to a new study.
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New ways to look at Alzheimer’s
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as the writer here details in a New England Journal of Medicine article, professionals, including physicians, can function competently even with clinical symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Just as each brain is unique, so is the disease progression and continued functioning of people with Alzheimer’s. Variability in the disease’s course is the norm, with some people staying stable for years, even without treatment. Yet, while we know that two people with the same type of kidney disease or breast cancer progress differently, with Alzheimer’s disease the overwhelming belief is that everyone ends up in a wheelchair, unable to recognize family and themselves.. While this is true in some, it is not the case for all.
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