Dementia
Disease
Scientists hail Hobbie-J as 'cleverest rat'...was an embryo, was injected with genetic material to boost the NR2B gene which controls memory. The success brings hope for future dementia patients, as it is thought the gene enhancement could one day be used in a drug treatment for human... In this article: Dementia, NR2B, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Research Trust, University College London, Medical College of Georgia, and British Airways |
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Five News | Living With Dementia
Joan Van Gelden lost her husband to senile dementia. She talks about his decline, from initally losing his way home to being unable to communicate at all and eventually having to put him in a home. The video was made by her granddaughter Jess Chandler. She sent it to Five News for our Your News part of the programme.
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cephalopod vs. dementia
popping battle
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Going Home (A short film on Dementia)
Watch this prize-winning video produced by Vinn Bay and Tee Boon Leng for a video competition as part of the ADI (Alzheimer's Disease International) conference in March 2009. The Health Promotion Board would like to thank the Alzheimer's Disease Association (ADA) for granting permission to screen this video on our website. This video is the property of the ADA. You may view its contents for personal and non-commercial purposes only. Its contents may not be re-produced, distributed ...
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Family Caregiving and the Virtual Dementia Tour
75% of the care givien to people with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease is provided by family. This video shows how the Virtual Dementia Tour was helpful to one family member as she tried to understand her mother's plight. Developed by PK Beville for Second Wind Dreams, the VDT helps change sensitize families to the needs of their loved ones. www.secondwind.org
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Geriatrics: Dementia Delirium and Depression
Dementia, delirium and depression are the three most prevalent mental disorders in the elderly. Dr. James Bourgeois, professor of Clinical Psychiatry at UC Davis, explores the work up and management of elderly persons presenting with these mental disorders. This program is certified for CME by UC Davis Office of CME. Series: UC Grand Rounds Series [9/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 14873]
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The Notebook - showing Dementia
A view from medical aspect of dementia, so the support from the family is important. But most of the time, it is futile.
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Muse - Space Dementia (Hullabaloo)
from Hullabaloo
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Space Dementia - Muse
A video i made for my AS Level Media Studies about 4 years ago and only now have the ability to share it with the big old world!! hope you like it
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MDTV: Parkinson's Disease Dementia
"Parkinson's Disease Dementia" featuring Neurologist, Dr. Dee Silver, discusses how Parkinson's patients are 4 to 6 times more likely to develop some cognitive impairment. Up to 1 million people in the US are affected by IPD. After patients have had the disease 8 to 10 years, they have about an 80% chance of developing cognitive impairment. Dr. Silver talks about a new drug (Excelon) that is shown to hold off these impairments. Series: "MDTV (Medical Doctor Television) " [12/2007] [Health ...
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Frontotemporal Dementia
Dementia is a problem of the elderly, right? Generally that's true. But there is one form of the disease that can strike people when they are very young, in their 20's or even their teens. It's called Frontotemporal Dementia, or FTD. And while rare, it devastates lives by rapidly turning young, vital people into those who need constant care.
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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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