Category: mind

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8/12/2013 - Dementia Test Tweaked For Gen X: Hirohito Out, Oprah In

by on August 12, 2013 4:43 pm
It’s bad enough to have to be tested for dementia. It’s even worse if the test isn’t fair. Researchers in Chicago found they needed to update the screening test for a type of early onset dementia so that the measure would more accurately pick up symptoms among a new wave of patients — baby boomers… Read more 8/12/2013 - Dementia Test Tweaked For Gen X: Hirohito Out, Oprah In
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8/8/2013 - Study ties higher blood sugar to dementia risk

by on August 8, 2013 6:10 pm
Higher blood-sugar levels, even those well short of diabetes, seem to raise the risk of developing dementia, a major new study finds. Researchers say it suggests a novel way to try to prevent Alzheimer’s disease – by keeping glucose at a healthy level. Read the full article at Fox News.
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8/7/2013 - Distracted Aging

by on August 7, 2013 6:08 pm
I was on my way to the kitchen to get some breakfast the other morning when I noticed my bedroom closet was open, which reminded me I might have some pants in another closet I could fit into now that I’ve lost weight, but on the way there I saw an insurance statement on the… Read more 8/7/2013 - Distracted Aging
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8/7/2013 - Suicide Rates Are High Among the Elderly

by on August 7, 2013 5:43 pm
Among Americans of all ages, 12.4 per 100,000 take their own lives each year, according to 2010 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But among those over 65, the official number is 14.9, and suicide may be under-reported. Because of the stigma, “coroners will go to great lengths to call it something… Read more 8/7/2013 - Suicide Rates Are High Among the Elderly
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8/5/2013 - Scientists Develop Early-Warning System for Alzheimer's Disease

by on August 5, 2013 5:12 pm
A quick sniff of a nasal spray sends microscopic metal particles into the brain, where they target and destroy the damaging proteins of Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article at Scientific American.

8/1/2013 - Anemia Tied to Dementia Risk

by on August 1, 2013 6:25 pm
A large study has found further evidence that anemia — a deficiency of red blood cells and a common condition in the elderly — increases the risk for dementia. Read the full article at The New York Times.

7/28/2013 - Alzheimer's blood test edges closer

by on July 28, 2013 4:42 pm
Researchers believe they are closer to developing a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s. Read the full article at BBC News.

7/25/2013 - New Alzheimer's Research Could Lead To Treatments

by on July 25, 2013 3:51 pm
A new report in the journal Nature shows a significant step forward in figuring out what causes things to go wrong in the brain early on in Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article at Here and Now (WBUR).

7/23/2013 - Issue of Sexual Consent Between Elderly Adults With Dementia Proves Problematic

by on July 23, 2013 3:54 pm
As increasing numbers of older Americans have had to deal with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Bryan Gruley of Bloomberg News reports that nursing homes find themselves ill-equipped to handle issues of sexual relations. Ray Suarez talks to Gruley about the ethical, legal and practical questions for health care professionals. Read the full article at PBS… Read more 7/23/2013 - Issue of Sexual Consent Between Elderly Adults With Dementia Proves Problematic

7/21/2013 - Boomer Sex With Dementia Foreshadowed in Nursing Home

by on July 21, 2013 4:56 pm
At 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Day 2009, nurse Tiffany Gourley was called to a room at the Windmill Manor nursing home in Coralville, Iowa. She found a 78-year-old male resident who had just had intercourse with an 87-year-old woman. The man, a former college professor, was divorced. The woman, a retired secretary, was married. Both… Read more 7/21/2013 - Boomer Sex With Dementia Foreshadowed in Nursing Home