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3. Families Need to Know When Dementia Becomes Terminal - US News and World Report
Too often, onerous, futile medical interventions are ordered for these end-stage patients, researchers say
4. Dementia Risk Higher for NFL Players - US News and World Report
Ex-players aged 30 to 49 are 19 times more likely to have memory problems, survey found
5. Alzheimer's Disease Is Sharply Rising, But You Can Lower Your Odds - US News and World Report
Research is mounting that diet, exercise, and social and mental engagement play a protective role.
6. A New Way to Predict Alzheimer's? (And Ways to Ward Off Memory Loss) - US News and World Report
A new study suggests an index that might one day measure the risk of dementia.
7. 10 Things You Should Know About Alzheimer's Disease - US News and World Report
Dementia exacts a toll in cost and caregiver health-and some states will get walloped in coming years.
8. Alzheimer's Care: How Copper Ridge Nursing Home Gets It Right - US News and World Report
At the Johns Hopkins-affiliated facility, residents with dementia get attention and social interaction.
9. Family Caregivers: Exhausted, Stressed-and Abusive? - US News and World Report
4 ways caregivers can avoid actions they're not proud of and enjoy caring for a person they love.
10. Dementia
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Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. Reviewer: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
11. Dementia
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Dementia is a condition characterized by a chronic decline in cognitive functions contrasted with a person's usual state of functioning. It is seen most often in people sixty-five years and older, and the incidence increases with age. Dementia occur... Author: BETTY TZENG, STUART J. EISENDRATH Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
12. Dementia -- Information from Healthwise
This type of dementia is called vascular dementia.. Diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia.a . Alzheimer s disease is the most common cause of dementia. http://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/topic/major/uf4984/descrip.htm
13. Dementia -- AOL Medical Encyclopedia
Keeping both your mind and your body active is a good idea for anyone. This topic focuses on other conditions that cause dementia. Alzheimer s disease is th... http://body.aol.com/conditions/dementia-major-1
14. Dementia -- Information from the Merck Manual
General measures for treatment of vascular dementia are the same as those for all dementias (see Delirium and Dementia: Treatment ). Other common causes are Lewy body dementia and destruction of brain tissue by strokes, which results in vascular... http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch083/ch083c.html#sec06-ch083-ch083c-490 |
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