Childhood Dementia
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Childhood Alzheimer's? - WEGO Health
community.wegohealth.com — “No one wants to watch a loved one lose him or herself slowly, even if the person has lived a full, long life. Can you imagine watching a young child go through the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's? For the last four years, a girl named Isobel Jeffrey has been suffering the gradual decrease of function that is similar to Alzheimer's. Isobel is now only 13 years old and was first diagnosed with early-onset dementia at age nine. Other cases I've read about early onset referred to patients in the” View full resource at community.wegohealth.com
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Childhood Stress Leads to Adult Disease | Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs
ivanhoe.com — “(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Heart disease, type 2 diabetes and dementia are on the rise. As age-related diseases increase in number, researchers are looking at childh” View full resource at ivanhoe.com
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Veterans with stress disorder appear more likely to develop dementia | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com — “Older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder are nearly twice as likely to develop dementia as those who do not have the disorder, according to a new study presented today at an Alzheimer's disease conference. "These findings are important because PTSD...” View full resource at latimesblogs.latimes.com
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When Forgetfulness Needs Medical Attention : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was diagnosed with Alzheimer's this week. Shots caught up with a neurologist for more on how the Alzheimer's diagnosis is made.” View full resource at npr.org
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Effects of Childhood Development on Late-Life Mental Disorders - QualityPoint Technologies
qualitypointtech.net — “Can early life circumstances contribute to late-life mental disorders in the elderly such as anxiety, depression and dementias? How do genetic and environmental risk factors come into play? Current Opinion in Psychiatry” View full resource at qualitypointtech.net
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Audit Finds Widespread Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “About 14 percent of elderly nursing homes residents receives a so-called atypical antipsychotic medicine despite an increased risk of death when the medicines are used to manage dementia in older people.” View full resource at npr.org
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Audit Finds Widespread Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “About 14 percent of elderly nursing homes residents receives a so-called atypical antipsychotic medicine despite an increased risk of death when the medicines are used to manage dementia in older people.” View full resource at npr.org
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Another reason to stay married | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com — “Does your spouse sometimes drive you crazy? Think again: A study published in Friday's edition of the British Medical Journal finds that people who lived with a partner during middle age had much lower odds of developing dementia or Alzheimer's...” View full resource at latimesblogs.latimes.com
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New Alzheimer's report offers a reality check, plus some 'what if's' | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com — “"Clearly, the ultimate goal is to have treatments that completely prevent or cure Alzheimer's disease and other dementias -- eventually resulting in a world without these conditions. Yet, as this report illustrates, even modest and, perhaps, more readily available treatments...” View full resource at latimesblogs.latimes.com
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Painting in Twilight: An Artist's Escape from Alzheimer's
organizedwisdom.com — “While victims of Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias are losing their memories and ability to communicate, art can be their escape. This was true for Lester Potts, who began succumbing to Alzheimer's disease at age 70. Art allowed him to express himself after he lost the ability to communicate with words, and his paintings and drawings where often images from his childhood on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Learn Lester's story and view his paintings in this audio slideshow.” View full resource at organizedwisdom.com
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American Academy of Neurology, and author of A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver. Additionally, he is a partner at
Alabama Neurology and Sleep Medicine and Associate Clinical Professor at
the University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences.
Selected as the 2008 American Academy of Neurology’s Advocate of the
Year, Dr. Potts seeks to improve the quality of life for dementia
patients and their caregivers primarily through innovative education and
through incorporating the expressive arts. Born out of his experience as
an Alzheimer’s caregiver, and nurtured through the American Academy of
Neurology’s Palatucci Advocacy Program, Dr. Potts formed
Cognitive Dynamics, a foundation dedicated to fostering the
expressive arts to improve the lives of dementia patients and their
caregivers and championing human dignity. Dr. Potts is also Medical Director of a dementia caregiver training caregiver company, Dementia Dynamics, LLC. " /> Daniel C. Potts, MD Doctor, Internist, Neurologist, Physician, and Active Health Library
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