NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke or who have high blood pressure or diabetes in middle age are more likely to ...
Many elderly with dementia and kidney failure in nursing homes get futile care, studies show A surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elders who work crossword puzzles, play cards, partake in artistic and organizational activities, and attend movie or theater productions may halve their risk for dementia, report researchers from France. Over 4 years, dementia risk was 50 percent ...
Caregivers need to consider overseeing financial monitoring, researchers say Older adults who suddenly develop problems handling their financial affairs could face a worse problem down the road. New research links poor money management skills with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The study ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Problems with basic money management may serve as a sign that an older adult with mild memory impairment will soon progress to Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported Monday. The investigators found that among older adults with mild mental ...
An Israeli researcher working on a vaccine to combat Alzheimer's disease said on Monday he had made important progress following tests on gene-altered laboratory mice. "We have been able to stimulate an immune response and forecast the effects in inoculated mice carrying ...
Cases of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are expected to soar in the next few decades, due largely to a spike in cases in developing countries, a report said Monday. Usually, dementia affects the elderly, and as improved healthcare helps ...
Report finds Alzheimer's, dementia afflict more than 35 million worldwide and rising rapidly More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 35 million people globally will suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia in 2010, and few will get any treatment at all, according to a report released on Monday. The problem is worsening especially fast ...
Though the word "dementia" is often used as a blanket term for the deterioration of memory and other thought processes, there are in fact several different types of dementia. Experts usually categorize the various disorders by where in the brain they occur. ...
Dementia is a categorical term for disorder of the brain which causes loss of cognitive function, memory, and motor control. Dementia is most frequent in demographics over the age of 65, however, the disorder can afflict younger patients who have advance cognitive ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - How could something that feels so good - a long night's sleep - have negative consequences? Unfortunately, that is one possibility that results of a new study suggest: Older adults who sleep nine or more hours each ...
