Today’s Brains are 6% Larger with 20% Less Dementia
April 7, 2024
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A long, long time ago (1930), brains were smaller. Are today’s bigger brains connected to improvements in rates of dementia?
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10 Types of Dementia
March 25, 2024
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DEMENTIA is a group of symptoms common to over 50 disorders. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Learn about the 10 most common types of dementia.
Teepa Uses Gems to Illustrate the Stages of Alzheimer’s
January 22, 2024
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Communicating a person’s stage of dementia helps everyone give better care. Expert Teepa Snow uses gems to visualize those stages and emphasize the abilities patients still have. Learn this powerful tool.
Doorway Memory Loss Explained
January 5, 2024
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Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to forget what it was? It turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses. Can this contribute to dementia’s wandering, confusion and problems with traveling?
Diagnose & Prevent Dementia, in Plain English
January 4, 2024
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Watch this uniquely clear overview of the steps you can take to diagnose or prevent most types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s.
Catching Alzheimer’s: News or Nonsense?
January 4, 2024
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Everyone knows Alzheimer’s is not catchy, but a new study shows it might be “transmissible”. Learn the difference and find out what it means to research.
Is Alzheimer’s Catchy?
October 10, 2023
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It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
Alzheimer’s Now, by Mayo Clinic 101
October 2, 2023
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Mayo Clinic professionals discuss the essentials of Alzheimer’s in this information-packed video.
Why is Alzheimer’s Unofficially Called “Type 3 Diabetes”?
September 18, 2023
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Mayo Clinic, America’s top research center, asked, “Is Alzheimer’s triggered by a form of brain diabetes?” An insulin nasal spray may help.
Art Rises Above Alzheimer’s
September 15, 2023
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In dementia, art is often expressed at a much higher level than other activities. People engaged in artistic activities when they were healthy may hold on to these abilities in a way that seems to defy Alzheimer’s. See the remarkable case of one Canadian sculptor.
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