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alzheimers disease?

World's Best — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:44:22 +0000

Anji asked: I am doing a report on Alzheimers Disease, and I need to know a few things 1) What percentage of the population has Alzheimers at different ages? 2) What happens inside the brain during the different stages of Alzheimers? 3) How long should a person with each stage of the disease expect to [...]

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What is dementia? Who does it affect?

World's Best — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:42:46 +0000

~*Bubbles*~ asked: I hear it a lot in relation to the elderly, but I don’t know what it is. Do all elderly suffer from dementia? Question posted courtesy of: Caffeinated Content for WordPress What is dementia? Who does it affect? is a post from: Health, Disease, Prevention

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AlzheImers’ eye test?

World's Best — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:10:38 +0000

mikey asked: AlzheImers’ eye test? Count every ” F” in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS… (SEE BELOW) HOW MANY ? WRONG, THERE ARE 6 — no joke. READ IT AGAIN ! Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F’s before you scroll [...]

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My mother has been diagnosed with mild dementia,what is the best medication?

World's Best — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:37:19 +0000

sharon c asked: my mother is on so many anti depressants treating her for bipolar and manic depression,although she was diagonised with mild dementia.She has had pyscotic episodes, could they be caused by dementia, and what is the best treatment for dementia. Question posted courtesy of: Caffeinated Content for WordPress My mother has been diagnosed with mild [...]

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is “dementia” the same as “mental degeneration”?

World's Best — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:14:59 +0000

Charles R asked: What causes this? would this make someone in their 30’s behave and think like a child? I think I read in some book one time, that if a person did not have a “identity” by the time they were a certain age that it causes them to revert back, is this the case? What [...]

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What does senile dementia, uncomplicated mean?

World's Best — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:50:44 +0000

hegewalds asked: I have to write about it and I know what senile dementia is but not what “uncomplicated” means. I thought at first it meant that it was not complicated by any underlying disease or factors, but then I read that dementia is always caused by an underlying diease or condition. So can someone [...]

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Is Jimmy Carter Suffering from Dementia …?

World's Best — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:43:15 +0000

baltic072 asked: Scattered reports re: Jimmy Carter and his dementia have surfaced but have been carefully downplayed by the Far Left Wing Liberal controlled Elitest mainstream media. I was painfully reminded how the Liberal Left sniped at President Reagan when his memory on some small issue might slip BUT here we have a man with dementia [...]

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Senile Dementia?

World's Best — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:33:37 +0000

chaser1221 asked: Can a severe head injury cause permanent dementia? My 76 year old mother was displaying “some” dementia symptoms before a couple of severe head injuries. Since the head injuries, she is much worse and doesn’t seem to be improving at all. Can head injuries “escalate” dementia if it was in [...]

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Someone help me.My mom has Alzheimers.It is literally killing me?

World's Best — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:47:55 +0000

Mr Bellows asked: My mom came down with Alzheimers a couple of years ago.She lives 200 miles from me and I cant be there for her as much as I want to.This has strained the relationship between me and my sister.My sister feels that I should drop what I am doing in my life and [...]

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Do Dementia Care Homes Practise “true” Person Centred Care ?

World's Best — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:35:58 +0000

roy asked: Are our “gray” elders benefiting from our scientific findings in socialPatient care or Only from the Science of Drugs and their effects on their physical health alone. Medical advances in theraputic treatments of diseases is unchallenged and draws every person to a debate . we all love to attach bodies that refuses to [...]

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