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Wednesday, October, 08, 2008

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

by  Dorian Martin
Monday, July 21, 2008
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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...

 

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    Sue
    Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 03:45 PM

    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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