In the October 19, 2010 issue of Neurology, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, studies show that vitamin B12 may protect against Alzheimer’s disease. This adds more evidence to a debate in [...]
Alzheimer’s disease is named for doctor Alois Alzheimer, the first physician to describe the disease in 1906. This German doctor identified an unusual disease of the cerebral cortex in one of his female patients[...]
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease can be devastating. Today, the disease is progressive, incurable, and, in the end, terminal. Fortunately, treatments today provide hope of managing the symptoms and keeping th[...]
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease may share common symptoms but there is a marked difference between these two problems of aging. Everyone as they age may lose their keys and may have some problems remembering[...]
Alzheimer’s is a tragic disease. Alzheimer’s is caused by plaques and tangles. Whereas plaques are formed from deposits of amyloid beta protein between the nerve cells, tangles are caused by tau protein d[...]
Alzheimers disease is fundamentally a form of mental disorder known as dementia. The disease is by far the most ever-present dementing illness of today with the more common form of Alzheimers disease known as late-on[...]
Today there is the real possibility that we can reduce our risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease by paying attention to two recent and very divergent findings. The first deals with technology and th[...]
No one likes to think that they will put their loved one in a nursing home one day. Unfortunately, most Alzheimer’s patients eventually will need to be placed in an Alzheimer’s care facility. Because Alzh[...]
Waking to see the sun arise in the east is a major celebration after 50. Another day has arrived for you to follow your new resolutions for this momentous decade. There is something that is on your mind, but you forg[...]
Doctors know that high cholesterol brings increased risk of heart disease, and what’s worrisome is the finding about the dangers of even borderline cholesterol that comes from a new study that’s one of the[...]
