What's the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's? Alzheimer's disease will lose their ability to perform daily duties as the disease worsens and have severe memory loss. Know about, causes, symptoms, diagnosis & stages.

5A’s of ALZHEIMER’S

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After decades of research, there's still a lot we don't know about how brains work, but some areas of study are seeing promising results.

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After more than a decade of research, this much we know: it's good for your brain to know another language. A new study goes further, however, focusing specifically on the effects of knowing a second language for patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

Beta amyloid plaques are the main cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Preventing beta amyloid plaque formation may be key for your brain health.

Researchers find heart-healthy Mediterranean or MIND diets can reduce future cognitive impairment by up to 35 percent

What is glutamate? Learn more about the most abundant neurotransmitter and how it affects our brains.

We asked leading doctors to help set the record straight about Alzheimer's disease. Here are 7 facts they want you to know.

Today you'll learn that folate has the ability to alter your personality! Folic acid is not the same as folate, and using the wrong type is not smart!

Right brain activities will enhance your child’s creativity while left brain activities will improve their logical skills. Read our article to discover them!

Some slowing of our cognitive processing abilities is expected as we age. During holiday get togethers we may notice family members behaving differently. We’ve consulted with Jessie Hillock, a Certified Dementia Practitioner, Licensed Speech Language Pathologist and Family Coach, to bring more insight.

Scientists at the RUSH University Medical Center have discovered that beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) may help prevent Alzheimer’s progression.

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Dr. Blair Steel, based in LA, is a psychologist who has lifted the lid on the bad habits that can increase your risk of dementia - including not exercising and snoozing enough. Pictured is a stock image.

Enlarge image . . . . . “Alzheimer’s disease isn’t a natural part of aging,” notes lead author Neal Barnard, M.D., president of the nonprofit Physicians Committee and an adjunct professor of medici…

Progressive supranuclear palsy symptoms may include serious problems with walking, balancing, eye movements, and swallowing. Read more to know about causes and treatment in India.

A characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease is the presence of so called amyloid plaques in the patient's brain -- aggregates of misfolded proteins that clump together and damage nerve cells. Researchers have now discovered a strategy to help the brain remove amyloid plaques.

Floods of calcium that originate from hippocampal neurons can also boost learning, a new study reports.

As many as 40% of dementia cases can be associated with modifiable risk factors that could be reduced by changing lifestyle or behavior in midlife.1 The goal of being aware of these risk factors is to help lessen them in order to better your brain health. This study was coauthored by NeuroReserve medical advisors Mar

Keep your residents busy during this Covid-19 lock down with a fun activity contest! Pass out packets to each residents room on Mondays and pick up sheets daily to hand out raffle tickets. On Fridays pass out incentives to all residents who participated (Candy, etc) Pull your raffle ticket to announce the ultimate winner! Prizes can be a gift basket from dollar tree, or a meal from their favorite restaurant utilizing bitesquad! Here are some examples of worksheets I used for this week's packet.

Certain personality traits are a key factor in whether people develop mild cognitive impairment later in life, according to a new study.

A treatment commonly used for Parkinson's can also help patients with Alzheimer's.

VASCULAR DEMENTIA Vascular dementia is interesting in that many of those who do have a true vascular dementia are not diagnosed with it, while many who probably do not have a vascular dementia are diagnosed with it. The most straightfor-ward presentations are those in which an individual with normal cognition has a large stroke that causes a combination of cognitive signs, such as aphasia and a memory retrieval problem. If the patient cannot resume their prestroke day-to-day level of function because of these new cognitive deficits, the criteria for vascular dementia are met, but because the stroke so clearly caused the deficits, they are held to simply represent the consequences of a stroke (as opposed to a frank vascular dementia). On the other hand, some patients will present with a gradually progressive dementia, a retention-type memory deficit, no motor signs, no history of sensory or motor changes, and a neuroimaging study that shows subcortical changes that could be consistent with “small vessel cerebrovascular disease.” In the elderly, such patients almost always have the plaques and tangles that are expected in Alzheimer disease. In such cases, despite the neuroimaging changes, it is probably more appropriate to consider Alzheimer disease as the primary etiology. Still, the frequent association between Alzheimer disease and cerebrovascular pathology suggests these conditions may be linked in some way. Vascular dementias can be subclassified depending on whether the stroke or strokes responsible for the cognitive change are single versus multiple, and large vessel versus small vessel. As mentioned above, a single large vessel stroke can cause a dementia syndrome. Such presentations are often obvious because they typically present within the context of an acute, clearly diagnosable large vessel stroke. Some patients will have multiple large vessel strokes. Greater amounts of stroke-related brain damage commonly associate with greater degrees of cognitive dysfunction. Single small strokes can alter cognition when they happen to fall within and damage specific areas that are critical to cognitive performance. The thalamus, caudate head, and fornix constitute some examples in which a strategically placed small stroke can impact cognition. Cognitive decline severe enough to qualify for a syndromic dementia diagnosis also results from multiple small vessel strokes that, on neuroimaging, appear as multiple lacunar strokes. As is the case with large vessel multi-infarct dementias, this type of small vessel multi-infarct vascular dementia often presents within the context of a stepwise decline in which the stepwise decline occurs in association with diagnosed acute strokes. When it comes to diagnosing a vascular dementia, the most difficult cases are those in which the patient has developed a clinical dementia, there is no clinical history of a previously diagnosed acute stroke, but a neuroimaging study reveals extensive stroke-induced damage to the brain. In many such instances, the imaging shows extensive changes to the subcortical white matter. These changes may appear confluent or more anatomically restricted. The changes may coalesce around the lateral ventricles and may or may not also separately project into other white matter areas in a more patchy or punctuate pattern. When this white matter change is indeed driving the dementia, then a diagnosis of subcortical ischemic vascular dementia should be considered and a pathologic survey may reveal changes consistent with Binswanger disease. However, nondemented elderly individuals and patients with neurodegenerative dementias may also show similar patterns of subcortical white matter change. In the latter situation, the white matter change may represent a consequence of the true underlying disease as opposed to a cause of the dementia. When considering such cases, the overall clinical picture, including the clinical history, general neurologic exam, and cognitive neurologic exam needs to be synthesized and interpreted very cautiously. Sometimes these patients will ultimately receive a diagnosis of a mixed vascular- degenerative dementia, or “Alzheimer disease plus cerebrovascular disease.”

Sundowning is a common dementia symptom that involves increased agitation, confusion, and other difficult behaviors toward the end of the day.

The Impact of Abuse and Neglect on the Developing Brain was originally written by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., and John Marcellus, M.D. You can find the article here: Scholastic . ________________ Each year in the United States alone, there are over three mi

As a disclaimer, all the symptoms above can be signs of something else other than Alzheimer's or possibly simple brain inactivity that some experience without

Researchers at Harvard this week offered a new theory of Alzheimer’s Disease that - if true - would upend our understanding of the disease and suggest new routes for treatment and prevention.

Alzheimer's disease, an advancing neurodegenerative condition, impacts millions of people around the globe. It primarily targets cognitive functions, leading to memory loss, confusion, and changes in behavior. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the various aspects of Alzheimer's disease, including its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, caregiving, and research. By the end of this article,

Your mental health impacts every part of your life.When you improve your brain, you improve your life. Here are 5 ways to do that.

Dementia can be broken down in to 3 main stages. Check out this article on what difficulties come with each stage and tips to help your loved one live their life to the fullest no matter what stage they are in.

In this first step, you will focus on elimating toxins and reducing inflammation from the brain and body. You can read about the Glymphatic System of the brain here.

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Your glymphatic system is a very important system that helps to remove metabolic waste and toxins built up within the central nervous system

People with Broca’s aphasia, a condition that affects the ability to communicate, often make significant improvements in their ability to speak over time.

Brain gym exercises improve learning, memory, attention, academic performance, planning, and mood. Here are the 15 brain gym exercises for kids and adults.

Mild cognitive impairment – learn about MCI symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments and how this disorder relates to Alzheimer's and other dementias.

Researchers have identified a new syndrome caused by mutations in the DCC gene which can lead to a range of disabilities.

It's called time-space synesthesia, and it's caused by extra neural connections.