Mild memory loss: Is it Alzheimer ’s disease?
As my patients aged along with me, I noticed both the expected increased numbers of people with some form of dementia and even more patients who were worried about this topic. Unless you have been away on a ten-year safari, you are very aware that dementia is a growing problem. Some 5.8 million Americans are […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/edward-hoffer" rel="tag" > Edward Hoffer, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Neurology Source Type: blogs
Test Your Memory for Dementia in 15 Minutes (SAGE)
The research from thisAlzheimer's memory test, Self-Administered Geocognitive Examination (SAGE), shows that four out of five people (80 percent) with memory issues will be detected by this test.Ninety-five percent (95) of people who are normal thinking (memory) will have normal SAGE scores.Please note.If you find the test results suspicious,you should contact your doctor immediately, and ask for aneurological or geriatric consult.These specialist can determine, through a series of tests, whether or not you are suffering from or headed for Alzheimer's disease.What's the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaSAGE is...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - May 9, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer test alzheimers symptom caring for dementia caring for dementia patients dementia test memory loss memory test sage test test your memory Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 6th 2019
This study shows that mRNA levels of the aging related lamin A splice variant progerin, associated with premature aging in HGPS, were significantly upregulated in subjects with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Moreover, our data revealed a significantly positive correlation of BMI with progerin mRNA. These data provide to our knowledge for the first-time evidence for a possible involvement of progerin in previously observed accelerated aging of overweight and obese individuals potentially limiting their longevity. Our results also showed that progerin mRNA was positively correlated with C-reactive protein (CRP). This might suggest an ass...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 5, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Exercise Rapidly Improves Memory Function in Older Adults
Over the long term, regular exercise is correlated with improved cognitive function in later life, a slower decline of that function with aging. This is well established. The work here is interesting for showing that even in the very short term, exercise produces improvements in specific aspects of cognitive function, such as memory. One might add these results to the very long list of good reasons to avoid a sedentary lifestyle. Exercise cannot add a large number of years to life span, and indeed in mice it has no effect on overall life span, but given that it is essentially free and produces highly reliable benefits to h...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 1, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
6 Foods That Protect Against Memory Loss (M)
The foods all contain an anti-inflammatory that combats age-related changes in the brain.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Memory Nutrition subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
TWiV 543: Stoned and senile
The TWiV team discusses Medusavirus, isolated from a hot spring in Japan, and induction of neurodegeneration by recurrent herpes simplex virus 1 infection of mice. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 543 (65 MB .mp3, 108 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 14, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology alzheimer's disease amoebae dementia giant virus herpes simplex virus 1 histone horizontal gene transfer Medusavirus memory loss mouse model NCLDV neurodegereration reactivation viral viruses Source Type: blogs
We Can Support Our Grieving Parent but We Can ’t Erase Their Pain
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Dear Carol: My dad, who had been Mom’s caregiver for years, died suddenly from a stroke. I can’t say that I’m surprised because he was under enormous stress trying to cope with first Mom’s illness from cancer treatments, and more recently her early stage Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Needless to say, we’re all heartbroken over Dad’s sudden death as well as up in the air about how to handle Mom. She seems to be in total denial, though some of her repeated questions may be due to occasional short-term memory loss. How do we help her with this shock and grief? – VB
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Source: Minding Our Elders - April 13, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
5 Quick Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Brain as you Age
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As we know, the brain plays a vital role in the body as it controls or has a role in basically every physiological process. If our brains begin to fail, it affects our whole body. Though aging is an inevitable process, this does not mean that you have to experience cognitive decline or any real loss of brain power.
This because, fortunately, there are lifestyle factors which could enable one to delay...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: psysci Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement brain health pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
3 Ways To Avoid Memory Loss Later On (M)
The advice comes from a study of chronic inflammation in the body.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Memory subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
10 Things a Person Living with Dementia Would Tell You If They Could
Here are ten communications tips that can help Alzheimer's caregivers improve their daily life.Sometimes it helps to look at each situation from the perspective, or from out of the eyes of the person living with dementia.What's the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementiaby Alzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowDotty's Ten Tips for Communicating with a Person Living with DementiaYou know what makes me feel safe, secure, and happy?A smile.Did you ever consider this?When you get tense and uptight it makes me feel tense and uptight.Instead of getting all bent o...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - April 2, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's Alzheimer's Dementia alzheimer's stages alzheimers awareness alzheimers care alzheimers communication care of dementia patients dementia care health how to care memory loss Source Type: blogs
Depression In 20s Leads To Memory Loss in 50s (M)
The more mental health problems people had early on, the greater their memory problems in later life.
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This Common Food Halves Risk Of Memory Loss (M)
Two portions a week may reduce memory loss risk by 50 percent.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Dementia subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 25th 2019
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - February 24, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
An Effort to Compensate for the Age-Related Dysfunction of GABA Neurotransmission
There is plenty of evidence for progressive dysfunction in neurotransmission related to GABA to be important in forms of cognitive decline, particularly relating to memory. A number of approaches to treat this loss have been considered, with the one noted here the most recent of the type. Exactly why GABA-related dysfunction occurs in the brain is a matter for debate; as for so much of aging, there is no well-mapped line of cause and consequence leading from the fundamental damage that causes aging to the observed changes in cell behavior the aging brain. There are two approaches to dealing with this ignorance. The first i...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 20, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 18th 2019
This study showed that potential vicious cycles underlying ARDs are quite diverse and unique, triggered by diverse and unique factors that do not usually progress with age, thus casting doubts on the possibility of discovering the single molecular cause of aging and developing the single anti-aging pill. Rather, each disease appears to require an individual approach. However, it still cannot be excluded that some or all of these cycles are triggered by fundamental processes of aging, such as chronic inflammation or accumulation of senescent cells. Nevertheless, experimental data showing clear cause and effect relationships...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 17, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
