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Risk for Dementia May Increase With Long-Term Use of Certain Medicines

2019-06-26

This is what research recommends about a class of medications called anticholinergics, which treat a wide scope of diseases, from wretchedness to bladder issues. Another investigation recommends that individuals who take a class of basic meds called anticholinergic medications for quite a long while might be bound to create dementia as they age. This is certifiably not another speculation about these medications, which are utilized to treat a wide scope of conditions from despondency to epilepsy to incontinence. Be that as it may, the investigation, distributed in the diary JAMA Internal Medicine, is huge, and it broke down the utilization of the meds in more detail and over a more extended timeframe than numerous past examinations.

INCREASED DEMENTIA RISK LINKED TO DRUGS COMMONLY USED TO TREAT INTESTINAL, RESPIRATORY & MOOD DISORDERS

2019-06-25

Anticholinergic medications are utilized for a panoply of reasons—for sorrow and psychosis, bladder and gastrointestinal conditions, hypersensitivities and indications of Parkinson's illness. However, in an examination distributed Monday in Journal of the American Medical Association's Internal Medicine, individuals over age 55 who utilized solid anticholinergic prescription every day for over three years had a 50 percent expanded danger of creating dementia. Specialists recommend anticholinergic medications to treat conditions like constant obstructive aspiratory illness, bladder conditions, hypersensitivities, gastrointestinal scatters and indications of Parkinson's infection.

Why a cure for dementia would trigger a crisis

2019-06-24

While the disclosure of a fix, or treatment, for dementia appears to be agonizingly far off, wellbeing pioneers the world over are pondering how to plan therapeutic administrations for an achievement — if and when it comes. The previous couple of years have been a period of sequential dissatisfaction for those trusting a cure was on the close skyline. However the fight to improve the malady's effect does not stop at the lab entryway. Policymakers and doctors are considering the functional and money related difficulties to overstretched wellbeing frameworks that an effective treatment would bring.

A Burger Ate My Brain – Stretching The Evidence On Diet And Dementia

2019-06-25

Professor Cherbuin rehashes the case that individuals are "destroying their mind with a downright terrible cheap food diet and almost no activity," including that, "numerous individuals who have dementia and different indications of subjective brokenness, including contracting cerebrums, have expanded their hazard all through life by eating an excessive amount of awful nourishment and not practicing enough."

Dementia Protein Clogs Up Synapses

2019-06-28

Experiences into how a quality that builds the danger of Alzheimer's ailment disturbs synapses have been uncovered by researchers. Cerebrum tissue from individuals with Alzheimer's demonstrated that a protein called clusterin develops in indispensable pieces of neurons that interface cells and may harm these connections. Researchers state the discoveries shed light on the reasons for the illness and will quicken the quest for a treatment.

A new study that ties common medications to dementia highlights the need for early detection

2019-06-27

Bits of knowledge into how a quality that builds the danger of Alzheimer's malady upsets synapses have been uncovered by researchers. Cerebrum tissue from individuals with Alzheimer's demonstrated that a protein called clusterin develops in essential pieces of neurons that associate cells and may harm these connections. Researchers state the discoveries shed light on the reasons for the ailment and will quicken the quest for a treatment.

A Rare Dementia Diagnosis at 29 Years Old

2019-06-27

Katie Brandt, MM, the Director of Caregiver Support Services and Public Relations for the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, talks about how her late spouse was determined to have Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) at 29 years old. After two weeks, her dad was determined to have Alzheimer's at 59 years old. She covers the contrasts among FTD and Alzheimer's, managing misdiagnoses, conduct ways to deal with Alzheimer's consideration, parental figure support and the effect of dementia on youthful families.

In older adults, some drugs may produce symptoms that imitate dementia

2019-07-27

By all accounts, the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe dementia. She was largely incoherent. Her short-term memory was terrible. She couldn’t focus on questions that medical professionals asked her. But Malaz Boustani, a doctor and professor of aging research at Indiana University School of Medicine, suspected something else might be going on. The patient was taking Benadryl for seasonal allergies, another antihistamine for itching, Seroquel (an antipsychotic medication) for mood fluctuations, as well as medications for urinary incontinence and gastrointestinal upset.

Is spicy food linked to dementia risk?

2019-07-24

Many populations around the world add spicy peppers to their local dishes to enhance the taste and make for a more punchy culinary experience. But are spicy peppers healthful, or do they pose any health risks? The spiciest peppers in the world, such as the Carolina Reaper, could cause serious, immediate damage.

Take different view of dementia beyond illness

2019-07-29

Dementia has been a term which describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily life. This definition focuses on the nature and cause of the disease and its deficits. Another view of dementia is as a shift in the way an individual experiences the environment. Functional decline means one's life is not what it used to be and one gradually accepts a "new normal". Such a view encourages us to look beyond managing deficits towards optimising potential and well-being.

Alzheimer’s and dementia leading cause of death in England and Wales

2019-08-06

Dementia is the biggest health crisis of our time, experts have said, as statistics show the condition was the primary cause of death in England and Wales last year. Almost one in eight people died from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in 2018, with the proportion increasing for the fourth consecutive year – up from 12.7% in 2017 to 12.8% in 2018. There were 541,589 deaths registered in England and Wales last year, the highest total since 1999. With the numbers of people living with dementia in the UK expected to rise to 1 million by 2021, campaigners are urging the government to fulfil its pledges on adult social care, including publishing its long-awaited green paper.

Dementia symptoms: Signs of frontotemporal dementia - are you at risk?

2019-08-13

Dementia symptoms depend on a person’s experience of the condition, the parts the brain that are damaged and the disease causing the dementia. The four most recognised types are Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia. Frontotemporal dementia is an uncommon types of dementia that mainly affects the front and sides of the brain, causing problems with behaviour and language. With there currently being no cure for dementia, it’s important to recognise the symptoms of all types of dementia.

Dementia symptoms: Signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

2019-08-14

DEMENTIA symptoms can differ from person to person and also depend on which part of the brain has been damaged on what type of dementia a person has. While many people associate dementia with older people, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease can affect people in their 40s, 50s and early 60s. Dementia is often associated as being a condition older people get, but around 5 per cent of people with Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia in the UK) are under 65, according to figures. When Alzheimer’s affects people in this age category it’s known as early-onset or young-onset Alzheimer’s. If you are worried about yourself or someone else having dementia you should always speak with your GP. They may be able to rule out other health issues such as depression or anxiety which may case similar symptoms in younger people.

How the power of sport can help Alzheimer’s and dementia patients

2019-08-29

Doctors believe this form of therapy taps into something called “the reminiscence bump”, the part of the brain which allows us to remember most the stuff that left a deep impression between the ages of 10 and 30 years old. If the examples of baseball and gridiron are anything to go by, thumbing the fabric of an old club jersey, tracing the grain of a hurley or wrapping two hands around an O’Neill’s ball might be enough to trigger sense memory in some of the 40,000 Irish with Alzheimer’s.

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