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Mix of taiji, cognitive therapy and support groups benefits those with dementia
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers ...
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Study questions accuracy of mortality statistics
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Deaths due to dementia and Alzheimer's disease are underreported on death certificates, according to a study conducted by Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), raising concerns about the accuracy of mortality ...
Shrinking in hippocampus area of brain precedes Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 16, 2009 |
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People who have lost brain cells in the hippocampus area of the brain are more likely to develop dementia, according to a study published in the March 17, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the Americ ...
Men more likely to have problems with memory and thinking skills
Apr 16, 2008 |
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When it comes to remembering things, new research shows men are more likely than women to have mild cognitive impairment, the transition stage before dementia. The research will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology ...
Early identification of dementia increasingly difficult
May 20, 2009 |
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If grandma seems to forget things, will she end up demented? These days, memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal which 70-year-olds risk developing dementia. This is shown in a doctoral thesis at the Sahlgrenska ...
End-stage dementia patients deserve the same access to palliative care as people with cancer
May 12, 2008 |
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There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Blood test identifies women at risk from Alzheimer's
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...
New study says dementia is a terminal illness
Oct 14, 2009 |
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The clinical course of advanced dementia, including uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and high mortality, is similar to that experienced by patients of other terminal conditions, according to scientists at the Institute ...
Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia
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Nov 23, 2009 |
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Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.
Mental and physical exercise delays dementia in fatal genetic disease
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered that mental and physical stimulation delays the onset of dementia in the fatal genetic disease, Huntington's disease.
Unravelling the pathology of dementia
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...
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