Going High-Tech To Track Alzheimer's Patients
The Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk....
The Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk....
George Halvorson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
We will spend about 17.6 percent of our GDP on health care expenses this year in America, primarily because we are not healthy in some very key areas.
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports
These warriors of the gridiron are our valiant heroes, and they will not be deterred by soap operas about dementia and shortened life spans.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
A well-known cause of dementia is dementia pugilistica, or what has commonly been called being "punch drunk." In some cases, the presentation is virtually indistinguishable from Alzheimer's dementia.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
In the majority of cases, the development of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is the result of the acquisition of various risk factors throughout life. PTSD is one such factor.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
For many families, the time will eventually come when mom or dad cannot live alone safely. And woe is the family member who has to deliver that message -- it's best to be prepared.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
Mom became like the sweetness of the chocolates she would eat. The dementia her sculptor, releasing the angel within, chiseling away memories, opinions, and beliefs until only her gentle presence remained.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
The dollar costs of caring for the increasing numbers of elderly Americans expected to develop Alzheimer's dementia over the next 30 years will decimate the personal savings of millions of families.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living
The death of a loved one, and in a special way a parent, opens up space for self-reflection. Death asks, "Are you living a good life?" Dementia tries to help us answer.
Greg Hanlon | Posted 10.02.2009 | New York
The results of a study on dementia among ex-NFL players were not news to Harry Carson, one of many ex-players frustrated by the NFL's reluctance to acknowledge the connection between football and dementia.
nytimes.com | ALAN SCHWARZ | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer's disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed...
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
Not enough attention seems focused on ensuring health care systems' preparedness to deal with cognitive health issues -- with Alzheimer's Disease as the most dramatic example.
msn.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
Spanish researchers found that among nearly 3,300 older adults they followed for three years, those who slept nine or more hours per day, daytime naps...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
Many of the issues Amy and I discussed in serious moments - family, relationships, and life changes - would find their way into Marrying George Clooney.
washingtonpost.com | David Brown | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
Two European research teams have identified three genes that affect a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dement...
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
Finding out whether or not you are suffering from hidden inflammation is critical, because almost every modern disease is caused or affected by it. If your immune system and its ability to quell inflammation in your body are impaired, watch out. You are headed toward illness and premature aging.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living
Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.
Disgrasian | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media
While most of the country was busy heralding the safe return of American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling from North Korea, Gordon Liddy appears to be losing his mind.
wsj.com | Shirley S. Wang | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living
Allen Roses, director of Duke University's Deane Drug Discovery Institute, said that if other researchers get the same findings, it could mean a drast...
ABC News | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
In a roundtable discussion for the ABCNews.com OnCall+ Alzheimer's section, four caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease -- Alice, Maure...
BBC NEWS | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living
Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a US researcher suggests. The key ingredient ...
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living
Research suggests that less than 35 percent of people with Alzheimer's or other dementias are properly diagnosed. Early diagnosis is crucial.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living
There are few conditions more frightening to my patients -- and to me -- than dementia. It's easily the most common fear voiced in my office.
Dan Agin | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living
The mechanisms responsible for the rapid recent evolutionary development of the human brain are new and therefore maybe more vulnerable to disease processes than older parts of the brain.
hosted.ap.org | Lauran Neergaard | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living