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Dementia and Home Safety

This has stopped being funny; The errors in word choice, forgetting the grand-kids names, the increasing social isolation, the changing of life-long habits. Dementia has many faces and when it has gotten a...

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The Far Reaching Effects of Alzheimer's

It is currently accepted that over 5,500,000 in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer's. Along with this, there are another 20,000,000 people with significant memory impairment.Frightfully, there is another...

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Alzheimer's Disease: The Long Goodbye

From the moment one is born to the time he ages into an elder, hundreds of thousands of memories are made. Those memories are supposed to remain with him, so that if bad luck strikes and he loses everything,...

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Fascinating Facts about Essential Fatty Acids

These are fats that are not produced by the body and so must be ingested in one form or another because they are necessary for good health. They are polyunsaturated, which means they are liquid at room...

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Alzheimer's Disease - Facts You Need To Know

As of September 2009, 35 million people worldwide had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and yet, few of us fully understand what it is. This article will help you better understand this disease, as well as those who suffer with it.

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Early Alzheimers: Who Gets It?

Tragically, in 2006, Alzheimer's disease was the sixth leading cause of death. Every 70 seconds someone gets Alzheimers. It's estimated 5.3 million people have Alzheimer's disease. Approximately, one in eight...

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Preventing Alzheimers with Lifestyle Changes

Between 2.4 and 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Alzheimer's is a gradual and progressive disease that impairs cognitive functioning and leads to dementia. Although it may begin...

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Cause of Alzheimers: The Unknown Answer

In the United States, approximately 5.3 million people suffer from this debilitating disease. Alzheimer"s is the most common cause of dementia. Dementia is the progressive decline in congnitive function. The...

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Alzheimers Stages: Forgetfulness to Dependence

Alzheimer's Disease was first discoverd by Alois Alzheimer, a German neuropathologist and psychiatrist, in 1906. A disorder that destroys brain cells, it causes memory loss and demential. Unfortunately, as...

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Alzheimer's Disease

What is Alzheimer's exactly? As unusual as the name of the disease sounds, its prevalence and incidence rates are not. In fact, almost four million people in the United States are affected by this problem....

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