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Choline for a Healthy Brain!

Benefits of choline include normalizing brain function a key in helping to calm the effects of mental disorders such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADD, ADHD, tradive dyskinesia and more. It can lessen the effects of anxiety and panic, and is important in helping to control severity of protracted withdrawal of many prescription medications. It is responsible for healthy fat metabolism and lowers cholesterol and homocysteine levels to fight heart disease. It helps prevent cancer,

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How to make a memory book for someone with dementia

It's been proven that people with severe memory loss, dementia or Alzheimer's will function better if they are reminded of their lives and those of their loved ones. So how do you help YOUR mother remember...

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Don't Put Me in a Nursing Home

I wrote this blog because my mom has Dementia, and we had been giving her home care. Deciding which type of home care to provide or whether to provide it in a nursing home is a difficult decision to make for...

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Interview with Goth glam model, singer and witch Dementia Armand

An interview I conducted with my good friend Dementia Armand: 1.Would you describe yourself as a Goth?Yes, I have identified as a Goth for many years. I spent several years "living" as a Goth (always wearing...

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Alzheimer's Experimental Treatment Appears Successful

Science Daily January 9 reports on positive results from an experimental treatment which appears to bring about a reversal of Alzheimer's symptoms. The study was reported in the Journal of Neuroinflammation....

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What Is Caregiver Burnout, And What Can I Do About It?

Are you, like I, the one person with the major responsibility as caregiver for your loved one - and all the stresses that entails? Caregiving for an elderly parent, or for a chronically ill or disabled...

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The Health Benefits of Turmeric

Recently turmeric has hit the headlines because of claims that curcumin, which is the main active constituent of turmeric, could help prevent the onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

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Symptoms of Dementia

When we start getting older, we will notice that out brain isn’t working as fast as in the time we were 18. We start forgetting small things like were you put your wallet or the name of someone you just...

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Cerebral Atrophy

I just got home from taking my Mother in law to the ER. She was disoriented and hallucinating at her home earlier this evening. After they ran a few tests they found out that she has Cerebral Atrophy. It is...

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Four Most Common Brain Diseases

As many as one percent of people age 60 suffer from dementia, and the frequency of dementia has been estimated to double every five years thereafter. Dementia isn't a specific disease; it's a group of...

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