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Friday, October, 10, 2008

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Clearing Up Some Confusing Terms

What are amnesia, aphasia, anomia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, (relatively commonly used terms) and agnosia, apraxia, anosagnosia, anosadiaphoria (relatively uncommonly used terms)?  Wow, I have been doing behavioral neurology for over 25 years and I know I missed a few of the “a” words here....In numerous previous blogs I... Read moreChevron

Brain Test Alphabet Soup

Pictures of the brain: what are they and what do they tell us?   CT, CTA, MRI, MRA, fMRI, PET are an alphabet soup of brain tests that might be used in evaluation of a person suspected of possibly having Alzheimer’s disease.  I would like to define and describe each of these tests and then briefly explain how each one might... Read moreChevron

How Can Caregivers Cope?

We received a question some time back that asked about caretaker coping mechanisms and resources.  Some related questions were: "Are there any trends that seem to have more positive outcomes on the family?"  "What support do families find helpful?"  "Do men or women find it harder to deal with the problem if their spouse... Read moreChevron

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Diagnosing Alzheimer's: The Problem With Medicine

In my last Alzheimer's blog we asked, "Why is it that sometimes health professionals disagree about the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in a specific patient?" For example, today in our group meeting (Where a group of us review the patients that we have seen during the week), we discussed a patient who was told by a previous... Read moreChevron

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