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Almost one in four deaths in America are caused by heart disease and one in six are caused by Alzheimer’s disease, which is a dementia related disorder characterized by memory loss, forgetfulness and behavioral changes. There are many causes of these two major killers, and scientists have long assumed that what is bad for your heart is also bad for your brain. This assumption was made because previous studies had found a link between high cholesterol levels and/or high levels …
Elderly individuals are commonly observed to develop dementia, or the reduction in the cognitive ability, which includes forgetfulness, lack of attention, and increased difficulty in solving simple problems. Previous studies have associated dementia, including forgetfulness, with the deterioration of the brain, as part of the process of aging. For patients positively diagnosed with dementia, this mental impairment may even affect their loved ones, especially when forgetfulness erases memories of happy times together. For some, the inability of an elderly loved …
As the population ages in North America, the number of cases of Alzheimer’s disease is also going to rise. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in the older population. It is an irreversible, progressive, brain disease that destroys memory and thinking skills and is eventually fatal. There is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease but research is continually being conducted to determine ways in which to reduce your chance of suffering from this form of dementia. Additionally, …
Dementia compromises a persons’ thinking, memory and reasoning capabilities, as well as their overall mental performance capacity. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia and there is no single, definitive way of preventing this form of dementia, nor is there a treatment to cure it. There are however, ways to reduce ones risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease and a new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (June 5th, 2012), has discovered that a high daily intake …
