Dementia

In 1906, Alois Alzheimer reported first time the symptomatic changes in ageing brain of his dementia patient Auguste Deter. He reported the presence of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in her autopsied brain tissues. Later, his senior Emil Kraepelin, in 1910, recognized the diseased condition as a new disease and gave it a name, Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Alzheimer, 1906; Kraepelin, 1910). Thereafter, a number of histochemical techniques have been brought with time to study amyloids.…

convenient it is when you do not have to struggle to pay and keep your attention to details. The Brain and Memory Loss Like you, a lot of people suffer from memory loss and attention issues. Because these problems can be caused by something serious like dementia, it is important to get checked to determine the root cause of your forgetfulness. Memory loss can also stem from less serious causes such as poor nutrition and inadequate sleep, and must be addressed accordingly. Most people…

adults reaching old age has been increasing worldwide. A clearly negative effect of aging has resulted in an increase in the number of people with dementia. World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a total number of people with dementia worldwide in 2010 was 35.6 million and projected to nearly double every 20 years, and 115.4 million in 20501 (WHO). Dementia commonly symptoms with memory loss at the initial stage and later often followed by the loss of other cognitive functions such as…

While dementia does shorten the lives of those affected, its greatest impact is upon quality of life, both for individuals living with dementia, and for their family and carers. The global costs of dementia have increased from US$ 604 billion in 2010 to US$ 818 billion in 2015, an increase of 35.4%. A study conducted by German researchers that was recently published in the journal of JAMA Neurology suggested that the regular use of the PPI’s increased the risk of dementia by 44% than those…

with PTSD and Dementia Veterans are dealing with health issues (Musculoskeletal injuries and pain, Mental health issues, Chemical exposure, Infectious diseases, Noise and vibration exposure, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Urologic injuries) upon returning home from combat duty. Also, many veterans have problem assimilating, flashbacks or just talking to civilians in general. The purpose of this paper is to look at the research surrounding veterans with PTSD link to Dementia. First of all…

The movie Still Alice is a fantastic film based off the book written by Lisa Genova. Dr. Alice Howland who is played by Julianne Moore, is a respected, well known linguistics professor at Columbia University. She is also the author of a known and successful textbook. Alice is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 50. While she is speaking at a presentation at ULCA she suddenly can’t find a word she is looking for to say, laughs it off, continues with her speech but also…

OVERVIEW: Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in motor control regions of the brain, as well as other areas (NINDS, 2016). Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the gene for a protein called huntingtin. The defect causes the cytosine, adenine, and guanine (CAG) building blocks of DNA to repeat many more times than is normal (NINDS, 2016). Huntington’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes…

Memory loss is something that occurs more often than not. Rather it be short-term or long-term. It could be as simple as not remembering where you last set your phone down or something as huge as not remembering you have children. Memory loss can be caused by many things, such as trauma, sleep deprivation, diseases, etc. The most common disease( known for memory loss) is called Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a mental disease that causes you to lose memory & often takes place in those of middle…

Aphasia is an acquired language disorder caused by damage in one or more parts of the brain, resulting in deficits in expressive and receptive language and can affect other language-based skills. Damage to the brain that results in aphasia can be caused by several events or neurological conditions, but the most common cause of aphasia is a cerebrovascular accident, or a stroke. People of all ages can acquire aphasia, but the most common sufferers are middle-aged to elderly individuals who have…

Our interest in the topic of Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) started when we heard about how many people are affected by this disease. The number of people affected by this disease in the United States alone is around 400,000 people. This genetic disorder is caused when a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome twenty-one. Down syndrome is recognized by things such as short stature, a distinctive palm crease, stubby fingers, mental retardation that can end up being serious, a wide gap between…