Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran was born in 1951, in Tamil Nadu, India. Ramachandran moved around India and Asia with his family. Dr. Ramachandran is “Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Distinguished Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute”. Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran is “best known for work on visual perception and experiments in behavioral…

The rate of global cognitive decline was reduced by 70% who were actively social engagement and participation compared to that of who did not took part in social engagement, the individual with lowest or mild cognitive impairment had less social interaction increasing the risk of dementia (James et al., 2011, pp.1003). This suggests that there is relationship between the dementia and social engagement, the more person engage in the social activities the less there will be a chance of decreasing…

stages of Alzheimer’s : 1. Problems with familiar tasks: The person faces problems doing simple tasks like forgetting recently learned information or forgetting important dates and events, in addition to asking for the same information repeatedly, and that they might forget that they made an entire meal or to serve it. 2. Misplacing items: The person seems to misplace items quite often, they tend to lose stuff and not remember the last place they saw them at. • Middle stages of Alzheimer’s :…

A chip like the one Applied Digital is making, the VeriChip, could save your life. The chip can be used to diagnose an Alzheimer's patient, or to get the medical records of an unconscious patient. A man named Jeff Jacobs, who suffers from, serious allergies, is heavily in favor of this chip. He says, ¨They would want to know what medications I'm on, and it's quite a few.¨ They would know what I’m Allergic too, what kind of operations I’ve had, and where there might be problems.¨ Also, Applied…

Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to process certain amino acids properly. It causes brain damage and progressive nervous system degeneration. MSUD is caused by mutations in three different genes: BCKDHA, BCKDHB and DBT (Warrell, Cox and Firth, 2012). The BCKDHA gene causes MSUD Type Ia due to the mutation in the E1α subunit, BCKDHB causes Type Ib due to the mutation in the E1ᵦ subunit, and DBT causes Type II due to…

Aging is defined as the accumulation of changes that can be biological, psychological or social, and is among the greatest known risk factors for most human diseases1. While aging has always been seen as a natural process, some scientists are starting to study it as an illness that needs to be cured2. Although these studies aim to such big goals, present knowledge about this process is still really poor. In aging brain, there are roughly two categories for the type of changes suffered:…

Discussion After much research, it has been concluded that the utilization of American Sign Language probably would be beneficial in speeding up the recovery process in aphasia patients. Communication is an extremely vital part of everyone’s life, especially after a traumatic illness or diagnosis. When verbal communication is no longer an option, ASL can become a great substitute. As the Cherney, Patterson, & Raymer (2011) pointed out, overall language function may improve if different…

Dyslexia can be a very problematic condition that particularly affects a person's daily living activities. However, it is not one of those well known conditions like cancer, AIDS, and the likes. To understand how dyslexia affects people, specifically adults, you must first understand what dyslexia is, its causes, severity, and prevalence. What is Dyslexia Dyslexia is basically a condition that presents a person's difficulty in processing information that is usually related to short-term memory…

currently 47.5 million people diagnosed with dementia; a new diagnosis is confirmed every 4 seconds. This number is expected to be more than tripled by the year 2050. (Who 10 facts on dementia). Dementia is a progressive, irreversible neurological disease, characterized by a decline in cognitive functioning.(CITE) This decline can result in memory loss, a disturbance in executive functioning, disorientation, and sensory-perception deficits; all can lead to confusion and agitation. The presence…

L. Z. Cooper listed “neonatal thrombocytopenic purpura, hepatitis, bone lesions, and meningoencephalitis and late emerging sequelae such as diabetes mellitus and progressive rubella panencephalitis, added to the cataract, heart disease, mental retardation and deafness” as possible side effects of CRI (Cooper, 1985). And although pockets of the virus have emerged over time, rubella joins measles and mumps in the possibility for total eradication, because humans are the only known…