dementia

This article appeared on the BBC News front page today. It claims to have identified a particular protein which is released in healthy persons, after being immersed in cold water, and which seems to protect against Alzheimers or other types of dementia in later years. The protein concerned...

I have done my fair share of Trump bashing but as time goes on and I see how he is performing thus far I am sincerely concerned that Trump might be showing the first signs of dementia as evidenced by: 1. In quotes from previous decades Trump appears to have more eloquence than he does now. Look...

Is the potential destination for all of us? A version of The_Truman_Show? Do people with dementia need to know the "Truth"? I have had the experience of telling one relative in a nursing home that another close relative had died and the nursing home staff were horrified that I considered...

My father is slowly withering away in Alzheimer's disease, and while he has been somewhat responsive to the drugs he is prescribed, it's simply slightly slowing the process. Yesterday, my mother presented me with a few copied pages from a book by Bruce Fife about the effects of coconut oil in...

Looks like we may all be screwed! http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/health/cynical-dementia/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1113103/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-trials-revolutionary-light-helmet-promises-slow-Alzheimers.html (or http://tinyurl.com/8laq43) I would LOVE for something to be found that is effective in treating Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, for Sir Terry's...

I'd like to tap some of the medical knowledge of the forum, especially if anyone is familiar as a medical professional with Alzheimer's medications. My mother has moved into Reisburg Scale Stage 6. She has been on Alzheimer's specific medications for a number of years. My understanding is that...

University of New South Wales January 31, 2006 Research from UNSW provides the most convincing evidence to date that complex mental activity across people's lives significantly reduces the risk of dementia. The researchers found that such activity almost halves the incidence of dementia.