Lost memories may be recoverable... Dementias lost memories may be recoverable: study Fri, Mar 18, 2016 - People with Alzheimers disease may not have lost their memories, but could simply have difficulty accessing them, say researchers, who on Wednesday unveiled a possible treatment that could one day offer a cure to the ravages of dementia.
Who are you again?... Prosopagnosia: How face blindness means I can't recognise my mum Fri, 01 Jul 2016 - Evie Prichard writes about living with prosopagnosia, a condition which means she can't recognise faces - even her own family's.
Would be good fer when Granny wonders around an' mumbles to herself... Japan tracks dementia patients with QR codes attached to fingernails Thu, 08 Dec 2016 - A Japanese city is tracking elderly dementia patients by attaching barcodes to their fingernails.
When Granny gets cranky, Uncle Ferd shows her ol' folks home brochures... What It's Like Being the Long-Distance Caregiver of a Parent with Dementia June 20, 2017 - I am my mom's primary caregiver, but I cannot be with her all the time, which adds a lot of responsibility and stress to my life. My mom has dementia. She lives in her own apartment in Hilton Head, SC, within a complex for seniors where aides come to check on her between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Granny gonna start usin' olive oil to fry chicken... Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s June 22, 2017 - The benefits of a Mediterranean diet are widely chronicled, but new research shows extra-virgin olive oil, a key part of the diet, may protect “against cognitive decline.”
Granny likes playin' hula-hoops... Study: There's No Fail-safe Way to Prevent Dementia December 19, 2017 - A new study has dashed hopes that people may be able to protect themselves from dementia through medicine, diet or exercise. "To put it simply, all evidence indicates that there is no magic bullet," Dr. Eric Larson wrote in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Lowering Blood Pressure Cut Risk of Memory Decline... Lowering Blood Pressure Cut Risk of Memory Decline: US Study July 25, 2018 — Aggressively lowering blood pressure significantly reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia among hypertension patients in a large government-backed clinical trial, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
Alzheimer's is a group discriminated against, because they'll forget to come to the protest. I'm jealous of Regan, His last ten years, he slept with a different woman every night.
My nan died of it it was appalling she lived 10 years with it in a home, the nurses told us that every evening the patients who leave the rooms and roam the hallways like zombies barely muttering it was horrific.