Category: mind
6/19/2013 - Seniors with dementia express themselves, connect with others in drumming circle
by admin on June 19, 2013 5:51 pm
Standing in a room full of lined faces, Alan Yellowitz held up an orange drum shaped like a wineglass. “This one’s called a djembe,” he said. “It’s from Ghana.” The 30 or so people watching him had, combined, amassed hundreds of years of living, although their recollection of those years was fading. Many stared off… Read more 6/19/2013 - Seniors with dementia express themselves, connect with others in drumming circle
6/19/2013 - Concussion and Alzheimer’s Patients Show Similar Brain Changes
by admin on June 19, 2013 4:52 pm
Damage from concussions and the progressive deterioration of neurons in Alzheimer’s look similar on brain scans, according to the latest study, and produce similar symptoms as well. Read the full article at Time.
6/14/2013 - Drug War Blocking Potential Treatments for Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Journal Claims
by admin on June 14, 2013 6:06 pm
Potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and many other illnesses are being blocked by anti-drug laws, according to a new editorial review published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Read the full article at Time.
6/14/2013 - A dementia that rivals Alzheimer's strikes before age 65
by admin on June 14, 2013 6:01 pm
Frontotemporal dementia affects a different area of the brain than Alzheimer’s, destroying the frontal lobes and spurring big personality changes. NBC’s Robert Bazell reports. Read the full article at NBC News.
6/13/2013 - How to Approach Aging Parents’ Mental Decline
by admin on June 13, 2013 2:52 pm
The decline of a parent’s health or mental well being requires adult children or family members to become more involved in decisions about a parent’s life. But it can be difficult to approach health issues because many times aging parents are hesitant to admit any problems or seek out assistance. Read the full article at… Read more 6/13/2013 - How to Approach Aging Parents’ Mental Decline
6/7/2013 - U.S. baby boomers kill selves at high rate
by admin on June 6, 2013 8:41 pm
t has long held true that elderly people have higher suicide rates than the overall population. But numbers released in May by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a dramatic spike in suicides among middle-aged people, with the highest increases among men in their 50s, whose rate went up by nearly 50 percent… Read more 6/7/2013 - U.S. baby boomers kill selves at high rate
5/31/2013 - When Will Mental Illness Be Diagnosed With a Lab Test?
by admin on May 31, 2013 4:26 pm
At work, Robin Jones had a hard time finding the right words and making persuasive arguments to his colleagues. He’d come home and tell his wife, Anne, “Something’s different.” “He would say his brain didn’t feel like it was working the same way it used to,” she recalls. “We said, ‘Well, why not talk to… Read more 5/31/2013 - When Will Mental Illness Be Diagnosed With a Lab Test?
5/30/2013 - Healthy lifestyle choices mean fewer memory complaints
by admin on May 30, 2013 10:08 pm
Research has shown that healthy behaviors are associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but less is known about the potential link between positive lifestyle choices and milder memory complaints, especially those that occur earlier in life and could be the first indicators of later problems. Read the full article at BrainUpdates.com.
5/30/2013 - Alzheimer's and the Artist
by admin on May 30, 2013 9:40 pm
Mary Wyant spent years as a professional artist. But after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she slowly became unable to paint. Here is a look at her work through the years, and as the disease took hold. Read the full article at PBS News Hour.
5/30/2013 - Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture
by admin on May 30, 2013 6:15 pm
High Rates of Poverty, Disability and Mental Illness Haunt Elderly, Pose Growing Economic Challenge. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.
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