Centenary, she remains a virtuoso of the piano despite her dementia
© iStockThe story of "ME" (pronounce "Emmy"), the 101-year-old musician with vascular dementia, is the result of six years of ...
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Alzheimer’s: caffeine preserves spatial memory
Caffeine acts on the Tau protein, which is abnormal in certain cognitive decline including Alzheimer's disease. According to a study, ...
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Is dementia hereditary?
Genes that increase the risk of Alzheimer's There are many forms of dementia, some rare forms are hereditary. There are ...
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I have dementia
50 dementia patients wrote about their dementia in a letter. This is one of them. Ko Wiz De Flow I ...
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Alzheimer’s: having studied delays dementia by 7 years
We are not all equal when it comes to Alzheimer's disease. According to a recent study, the stage of dementia ...
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Euthanasia in dementia; what is possible, what is not possible?
Eric van Wijlick, policy advisor of the KNMG (Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of Medicine), exposes the biggest misunderstandings ...
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The risk of dementia increases with calcium supplementation
© iStockPhotosWomen who need calcium supplementation for prevent bone fractures should discuss this with their doctor and try to find ...
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Alzheimer’s and dementia: the worrying undernutrition of patients
A report sounds the alarm on nutrition issues affecting older people, especially dementia patients.Between 20% and 45% of dementia patients ...
Read moreYour health: dementia
Alzheimer's and Vascular dementia are the most common forms of dementia. But what's the difference? Dementia the big specter of ...
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Dementia: the G8 is banking on treatment in 2025
After AIDS, the G8 is tackling dementia. The ministers of health and research pledge to significantly increase funds to set ...
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Nearly 1 in 2 older people are at risk of dementia in 2050
The number of people with dementia is expected to explode within 30 years, according to a recent report. The care ...
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Dementia: how exercise improves the health of patients
According to American studies, physical activity improves the cognitive functions of people with dementia and their ability to carry out ...
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Preventing high blood pressure could protect against dementia
January 19, 2010 - Preventing high blood pressure may protect against dementia associated with aging. This is indicated by the ...
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Dementia or common memory problems?
A slower brain as you get older A slower brain is part of aging. When are memory problems an ailment ...
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The risk of dementia increased by taking benzodiazepines
© iStockPhotosBenzodiazepines and psychotropic drugs are the most consumed drugs in France, which places our country second in Europe, behind ...
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s: meditating to feel better
© Wavebreakmedia LtdMeditation in full consciousness consists, as its name suggests, in becoming aware of the world around us, of ...
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Dementia: what if it could be detected in the retina?
© Digital visionThe retinacould say a lot about how the brain works. Specifically, a change in the retina could be ...
Read moreBeta-carotene: an antioxidant that would prevent dementia
November 15, 2007 - Beta-carotene, an antioxidant that colors many fruits and vegetables1, would protect against the decline of cognitive ...
Read moreSpeaking two languages would delay dementia
January 19, 2007 - The first signs of dementia appear four years earlier in unilingual people, compared to those who ...
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Alzheimer’s: jealous women are more at risk
Worried and jealous women are more likely than others to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. This is what emerges from a ...
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Anemia in the elderly is associated with the risk of dementia
American researchers find that anemia in an elderly person is associated with a 64% increase in the risk of dementia ...
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Work longer to ward off Alzheimer’s
A French study shows that each additional year of work would block the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. This is one ...
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General anesthesia would increase the risk of dementia
© iStockphotoGeneral anesthesia is not always easy for an elderly person. But according to a new study presented at the ...
Read moreDementia: if only we had known that sooner
The first symptoms of dementia are often denied. There's nothing wrong with me! A pity, because by recognizing in time ...
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Alcohol: binge drinking among seniors increases the risk of dementia
the binge drinking, this new "trend" of drinking alcohol excessively over a short period of time does not only concern ...
Read moreDementia is becoming predictable
Do we want that? A Belgian research team has developed a formula for early detection of a certain form of ...
Read moreChinese drug reportedly fights vascular dementia
June 11, 2003 - A drug from the Chinese pharmacopoeia has been shown to be just as effective as a ...
Read moreRunning to prevent Alzheimer’s
Better run than read to prevent Alzheimer's disease!It was long thought that reading scrabble, belote and sudoku, or painting on ...
Read moreYour health: dementia
Alzheimer's or Vascular Dementia Dementia the big specter of everyone who gets older. There are two common forms: Alzheimer's and ...
Read moreSleeping pills associated with dementia over 65s
Sleep disturbances, anxiety symptoms, one in three people over the age of 65 take sleeping pills. The High Authority of ...
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