Sunday, February 12, 2012

Instead of Dementia, Memory Loss May Be Caused by a Forgotten Traumatic Brain Injury

Since many friends have expressed concerns that they are suffering dementia when their cognitive ability slips, I found this headline from the June 2008 issue of O Magazine intriguing: "Head Trip: Why Your Memory May Be Slipping." It turns out that researchers have discovered that traumatic brain inj...
7/22/08 3:45pm

Thanks Dorian.  How frightening to think you have dementia, but its actually a result of long ago trauma.  Seems maybe it would be important to start differentiating this somehow - maybe the "powers to be" are working on this.

 

I thought readers might want to review the Basics of Alzheimer's material on our site, specifically the symptoms section.  As well, we have  a Check a Symptom area with warning signs from the Alzheimer's Association.

 

Hope this helps and all the best, sue

 

 

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