A new University of Iowa study further supports an inescapable message: caregivers have a profound influence — good or bad — on the emotional state of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Patients may not remember a recent visit by a loved one or having been neglected by staff at a nursing home, but those actions can …
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Updated 12:26 PM ET, Tue March 7, 2017 (CNN)Every 66 seconds this year, an American will develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association annual report, released Tuesday. By the year 2050, that number is expected to double to one every 33 seconds. Those startling statistics are mirrored worldwide. In 2016, …
VIDEO: How do family history and genetics affect a healthy person’s risk of Alzheimer’s? Watch Harvard’s Top Alzheimer’s researcher, Dr. Rudy Tanzi, offer down-to-Earth insights.
Hospital trips are stressful. This is especially true for people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Be prepared for emergency and planned hospital visits. Relieve some of that stress. Check out these tips for ways to make hospital visits easier. Going to the Emergency Room A trip to the emergency room (ER) can tire and frighten …
When record-setting coach Pat Summitt was first diagnosed, she turned to her son Tyler and said, “I want to win. I want to beat this thing.” See her winning legacy live on in the newly dedicated Pat Summitt Clinic at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Dementia can make it difficult to recognize familiar faces, or even trigger hallucinations. Lewy body dementia is particularly susceptible to such visual problems. Watch Stanford’s Dr. Kirshner answer a few questions on the topic.
15 Warning Signs for Driving with Dementia Driving too slowly or too fast Receiving traffic tickets Being honked at or yelled at by other drivers Becoming upset or angry while driving Dents, dings or scraped paint on the car, mailbox or garage Misunderstanding or not noticing signs on the road Getting lost in familiar places …
Innovative research led by scientists at UC Berkeley was first to show that PET scans can track the progressive stages of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively normal adults, a key advance in the early diagnosis and staging of the neurodegenerative disorder. In the process, the scientists also obtained important clues about two Alzheimer’s-linked proteins – tau …
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