Alzheimer's

Clinical Neuropsychology: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Management for Clinicians stroke dementia – click on the image below for more information. Featuring updates and revisions, the second edition of Clinical Neuropsychology provides trainee and practicing clinicians with practical, real-world advice on neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation.Offers illustrated coverage of neuroimaging techniques and updates on key neuro-pathological findings underpinning neurodegenerative...Read Full Story

Alzheimer's and frontotemporal lobar degeneration can can be difficult to tell apart, researchers report By -- Alan Mozes Share What is this? Twitter Digg Facebook More... EMAIL PRINT RSS   WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In the vast majority of cases, researchers can distinguish between Alzheimer's and another form of dementia with shared symptoms by using a specific type of PET scan that looks for evidence of plaque in the brain, new research suggests. Known as...Read Full Story

I have worked in the charity sector for some time and often used this resource 'Look to the Stars' which tells you which charities celebrities support, and which charities are supported by which celebrities.  It's useful when you are researching someone to see if they support a charity like yours, or have a particular interest.  And also interesting if you just like finding out about celebrities.Annie Lennox supports more than 30 different charitiesWhen I looked at education, cancer...Read Full Story

by My Melting Brain Whats the difference between Alzheimers and Dementia ?dementia a symptom: the loss of memory. Alzheimers is a disease in which the patient is suffering from chronic, long term dementia. basically dementia is the name of what is happening to an alzheimers patient.Dementia is the whole kettle of fish Alzheimers is one type of dementia where at least they can pin it down as to what is causing the dementia Alzehiemers is a subset of dementia might be the technical term It...Read Full Story

Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Preventable Dementia dementia statistics – click on the image below for more information. In recent years there has been a radical reapprisal of the concept of vascular dementia. There has been a move away from an Alzheimer-based diagnostic paradigm towards one more appropriately tailored for vascular disease. Vascular Cognitive Impairment presents a new definition for this class of cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative process with an emphasis on early detection...Read Full Story

VASCULAR DEMENTIA: Stroke risk and sequelae define therapeutic approaches Although the mainstay of treatment remains control of risk factors for stroke, … cognitive decline. (Postgraduate Medicine) vascular dementia stroke – click on the image below for more information. The symptoms of vascular dementia are often distinct from those of Alzheimer’s disease. The memory deficits that define Alzheimer’s disease are not always observed in the initial stages of vascular dementia, which is usually...Read Full Story

All About Alzheimers what is vascular dementia – click on the image below for more information. Are you struggling because your loved one was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s? Are you overwhelmed by the implications this has on your family, your finances and your future? Are you confused about what you should expect and how to care for them during each stage? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re not alone. Thousands of families just like you are living with Alzheimer’s everyday...Read Full Story

Vascular Cognitive Impairment cognitive impairment dementia – click on the image below for more information. Addressing the challenges in accurate assessment of vascular cognitive impairment and vascular disease, this book presents a collection of state-of-the-art reviews. It updates readers on the current terminology, etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of vascular cognitive impairment. A well-written and well-illustrated definitive resource on vascular cognitive impairment, it...Read Full Story

There are no shades of grey when it comes to author Terry Pratchett. Readers love him to the point of adoration. Or they loathe him. Well, not him personally. Of course I mean his books. The 38 tales of Discworld, a world which travels through space on the backs of four elephants that stand on the back of a giant turtle, have been translated into 33 languages and sold 45 million copies (give or take a few) worldwide. The plots mostly concern real people trying to get by in a fantasy world...Read Full Story

I fear I might have started with the most interesting of the syndromes commonly seen in behavioral neurology. This was certainly not by design, I was referred to Prof Hodges’ work by the PD at my school and FTD is one of his (many) specialties. FTD is really a group of neurodegenerative conditions (NDD), and is sometimes referred to as frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Consensus opinion (at the moment) recognizes three subgroups: Behavioral variant (or Frontal variant) of FTD (bvFTD...Read Full Story