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Diabetics Now Faced with mental deterioration by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 07 Jan 2009 5:12pm New reseach reveals that there is a tendency for adults diagnosed with diabetes to suddenly develop a bit of a mental block. Scientists at the University of Alberta... journal, revealed that there was no differentiation in mental abilities between younger and older patients, indicating that the affect of the disease was likely to have occurred Read on »

Dementia Assessments: Why The Global Deterioration Scale Is Important by Susan L. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:45pm Dementia caregivers are constantly searching for information to make the caregiving process less complicated. Learning about a standard rating tool called "The Global Deterioration Scale" may help. Read on »

Four Easy Ways to Exercise, Fight Alzheimer's, Dementia, and Brain Deterioration by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 10:49am and socialization. There are several research studies that indicate exercise, and a socially active lifestyle may decrease the risk of developing dementia. My own experience with my... in a way that might help you ward off Alzheimer's and dementia. These exercises will also help keep your brain sharp. Advice and Insight into Alzheimer's disease Subscribe Read on »

MENTAL ILLNESS: Spouses of dementia patients more likely to develop the illness, too by Susan Berg Posted Tue 11 May 2010 12:00am of these individuals with spouses who develop dementia did not themselves develop dementia," said lead author of the study, Dr. Maria Norton of Utah State University More on MENTAL ILLNESS... Here is a great for caregivers and healthcare professinals, Here is information on being the best caregiver you can be Here are more interesting dementia brain Read on »

Meet the Mental Health Needs of Those With Dementia by Susan Berg Posted Sun 15 Jan 2012 12:00am with Alzheimer's or other dementias often have mental health problems -- especially depression and anxiety disorders -- as well as dementia. Memories they have always relied on become hazy... to the critical importance of addressing mental health problems experienced by people with dementia, Hopefully, it will do so at the next meeting of the advisory committee, which will take Read on »

Social Stigma Still Evident for Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Mental Illness by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Thu 14 May 2009 4:31pm about a person' s mental illness? Read more about social stigma and dementia: ... Why is it that, in this supposedly enlightened age, mental illness still carries a stigma? Why is it that when people talking about someone who is ill, say in their office Read on »

Even Without Dementia, Mental Skills Decline Years Before Death by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 03 Oct 2008 2:51am New research indicates that mental skills of older adults start declining years before death, even if they don't have dementia. The research has been published... at death of 84. The participants' mental skills were measured up to 12 times over a period of 30 years, and they were evaluated to make sure they had not developed dementia Read on »

Mental Stimulation Postpones, Then Speeds Dementia by Susan Berg Posted Wed 08 Sep 2010 12:00am for a while. But it also appears that mentally stimulating lifestyles may speed up dementia once it hits in old age. "We do think that a cognitively active lifestyle is protective up..., social workers and other health care professionals to get an easyceu or two Here are more interesting dementia brain boosting activities Get your subscription Read on »

Mental Stimulation Postpones, Then Speeds Dementia (part 2) by Susan Berg Posted Fri 10 Sep 2010 12:00am , social workers and other health care professionals to get an easyceu or two Here are more interesting dementia brain boosting activities Get your subscription to Activity Director Today's e magazine" /> Allison Augbry His(Yaakov Stern) theory is that mentally engaged people build up a "cognitive reserve" that may help them compensate Read on »

Funding for new mental health and dementia drugs dries up by Carol BipolarHubby Patient Expert

Posted Fri 17 Jun 2011 12:00am Following is a snippet from an article in the journal "Nature" regarding funding for new mental health drugs. Click on the link to read the entire article--it's... a "withdrawal of hope" as neuropsychopharmacology funding falters.SOVEREIGN, ISM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Many people affected by mental illness are facing a bleak future as drug companies Read on »