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Tips for Coping with your Parent's Dementia

Practical tips for coping with some of the aspects of a parent's dementia from wandering to aggressive behavior...

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Tips for Caring for Alzheimer's and Dementia Parents and Spouses

Aging Mother with Daughter Caring for a Woman with Dementia Aging Mother with Dementia receiving a hug from her daughter Aging Father Elderly Person with a Walker Caring for Altzheimers and Dementia Parent...

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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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Alzheimers Disease Awareness

 Each year, there is increasing emphasis on early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Without an autopsy, a definitive answer cannot be provided, however, there are still a number of symptoms associated with...

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Food for memory and concentration

One of the curses of growing old is the feeling that your memory is failing you and your powers of concentration are in decline. In the most severe cases, there is the spectre of Alzheimer's Disease lurking...

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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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