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Why am I not surprised? A study has shown that two classes of drugs often given, in tandem, to people with dementia - a population that also tends to have problems with incontinence - are together causing more rapid functional decline.
In "Dual Treatment of Incontinence and Dementia Associated with Functional Decline," a study... Read more
A media release from University of California, Berkeley titled, "More clues to midlife dementia that erases personality," was to me, very enlightening. I'd read a bit about Pick's disease and had some idea of the part of the brain affected. But I wasn't educated in the term frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), nor was I clear on the... Read more
It must be Alzheimer's. I can't believe how often I hear people say their parent has Alzheimer's disease. When I sympathize and ask questions about how they got the diagnosis, it's often just assumed that the type of dementia that the patient is showing is Alzheimer's disease. Maybe that is the price we pay for increased... Read more
I'll never forget my children's faces as they stared at their grandfather, who just days before was smart, sweet and funny. There was horror, pain and confusion in their young eyes as they watched their agitated grandfather insist I put his dentures in my purse and take them home. He thought the nurses were going to steal is teeth.... Read more
I stumbled upon a reference to a study published in the Nov. 1, 2007 edition of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled, "Low vitamin B-12 status and risk of cognitive decline in older adults." I've seen B12 discussed on this site and I've reviewed a book on the vitamin. A post on OurAlzheimer's about this subject has... Read more
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