Dementia
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Finding some comfort in the drift to dementia...It does not dance. But it is not unpronounceable, and it is not unachievable. I learned this when my friend's father developed dementia. He was a lovely man, a champion of his little piece of earth. His grandchildren still come from... |
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Dementia big threat for elderly in poorer nations
...Dementia threat growing in low and middle income nations * Study says costs "enormous," will grow as populations age By Kate Kelland Dementia is the biggest cause of disability in old people in poorer countries and the problem and its...
In this article: Alzheimer's, King's College London, Arthritis, Institute of Psychiatry, The Lancet, and World Health Organization
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Daily Mail | 2 days ago
Cash to find cure for dementia is slashed: Ministers go back on research-funding pledge
...disease has risen. The news comes despite experts warning that 1.4million Britons could suffer from dementia within 20 years. Spending on dementia research has been slashed despite a Government commitment to spend more on finding a cure...
In this article: Cancer, Department of Health, Alzheimer's, Andy Burnham, and Alzheimer's Research Trust
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New York Daily News | 4 days ago
Apple-shaped women face higher risk of dementia, new study shows
LifestyleHealthApple-shaped women face higher risk of dementia, new study shows Apple-shaped women face higher risk of dementia, new study shows Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 2:05 PM A new study shows that apple-shaped women have a...
In this article: Neurology, Type 2 diabetes, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Sweden
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Apple-shaped women at double risk of dementia
...2009 Women who are apple-shaped not only face a greater risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke, but could also suffer from dementia. The grim news for those women who carry fat around their waist was revealed by scientists yesterday...
In this article: Neurology, Gothenburg University, St Albans, Gothenburg, Sweden, and UK
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New Kerala | 4 days ago
Women who store waist fat likely to develop dementia
London, Nov 25 : Middle-aged women who store fat on their waist are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study. The most common symptoms of dementia are forgetfulness, impaired speech and...
In this article: University of Gothenburg, London, and Sweden
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Medical News Today | 4 days ago
Women At Increased Risk Of Dementia If Prone To Collecting Fat Around The Middle
...Swedish population over the age of 65 and just over 20 per cent of the over-80s have severe dementia. Title of article: Adiposity indicators and dementia over 32 years in Sweden Talking with your doctor can sometimes be difficult. Good...
In this article: Obesity, Neurology, Alzheimer's, and Sweden
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 5 days ago
Cancer and dementia research funding could be spent on free social care, says Andy Burnham
Cancer and dementia research faces funding cuts to pay for the Government plan to create free social care for elderly and disabled people, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said. Published: 8:00AM GMT 25 Nov 2009 Health Secretary Andy...
In this article: Andy Burnham, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, and Obesity
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Fat Around The Middle Increases The Risk Of Dementia
Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST 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. The study has just been...
In this article: Neurology, Alzheimer's, and Obesity
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Wales Online | 6 days ago
Dementia nurse given suspended sentence
A senior nurse who was convicted of ill-treating two elderly dementia patients was given a suspended prison sentence today. Penelope Webber, who is now called Rees after getting married, was seen kneeling on top of an 86-year-old man,...
In this article: Whitchurch Hospital, Psychosis, Cardiff, Aberdare, and Wales
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Health issues in middle age can lead to dementia
...Alonzo said. Dementia is a growing problem in the US. One in six Americans over the age of 70 has dementia. By 2050, the number of Americans with dementia is projected to be three times higher than what it was in 2000. The study...
In this article: Reuters Health, Minneapolis, New York City, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Neurosurgery, Cholesterol, Alzheimer's disease, and Pasteur Institute
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Dementia (from Latin de- "apart, away" + mens (genitive mentis) "mind") is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the body beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood. This age cutoff is defining, as similar sets of symptoms due to organic brain dysfunction are given different names in populations younger than adulthood (see, for instance, developmental disorders).
Dementia is a non-specific illness syndrome (set of symptoms) in which affected areas of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. Higher mental functions are affected first in the process. Especially in the later stages of the condition, affected persons may be disoriented in time (not knowing what day of the week, day of the month, month, or even what year it is), in place (not knowing where they are), and in person (not knowing who they are).
Symptoms of dementia can be classified as either reversible or irreversible, depending upon the etiology of the disease. Less than 10 percent of cases of dementia are due to causes which may presently be reversed with treatment. Causes include many different specific disease processes, in the same way that symptoms of organ dysfunction such as shortness of breath, jaundice, or pain are attributable to many etiologies. Without careful assessment of history, the short-term syndrome of delirium can easily be confused with dementia, because they have many symptoms in common. Some mental illnesses, including depression and psychosis, may also produce symptoms which must be differentiated from both delirium and dementia.
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