A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

CBS NEWS VIDEO + ARTICLE:

An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What's the right balance?

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How Your Doctors Diagnose Dementia

DIAGNOSIS VIDEO:

Accurately diagnosing a patient's type of dementia can be helpful, even life-saving. With over 100 types of dementia and no simple test, it's tricky. See clues and tools doctors use. Help achieve a spot-on diagnosis.

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More Evidence Alzheimer's is a Type of Diabetes

MEMORY PROBLEMS are an early sign of Alzheimer's & are linked to sugar (glucose) deprivation in brain cells. In diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer's risk factor, cells are sugar-deprived. How likely does this make the Alzheimer's-sugar-diabetes triangle?

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Rosemary Emulates Aricept & Donepezil

ROSEMARY & ALZHEIMER'S - VIDEO & ARTICLE:

Aricept^® (generic: donepezil) treats Alzheimer's by blocking AChE. Rosemary does that naturally. Learn about rosemary's dementia-fighting benefits from USDA Dr. J. Duke. See how dietary rosemary strengthens memory.

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What To Do When You Have Trouble Remembering

FORGETFUL? Is it normal aging or a real problem? Learn 9 things you can do about it. Compare 5 serious memory problems against normal forgetfulness.

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I Know Who He Is

ONE FROM THE HEART - MUSIC VIDEO: (With Lyrics)

William Michael Morgan strums a proud, moving song, by a young man that knows, who his father with dementia truly is.

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Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer's

SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer's, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.

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Caring for Vascular Dementia

TEEPA SNOW CARE VIDEO:

Vascular dementia poses unique challenges to caregivers. Learn how vascular dementia differs from Alzheimer's. See how to make life better, both for you and the one for whom you care.

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Simple Tests for Dementia

DIAGNOSIS VIDEO:

Simple dementia tests that anyone can do, from HealthDirect. (Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. Be sure to discuss this with your doctor.).

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85 with Dementia? Good Chance It's HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer's

DIAGNOSIS: 3 important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING. It's a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer's in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?

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Curry Derivative J147 Beats Aricept for Alzheimer's

J147 is a derivative of curry's turmeric spice. It beat the Alzheimer's drug Aricept (generic: donepezil) on several memory tests. The Salk Institute says it may benefit Parkinson's, Huntington's & vascular dementia. Find out how J147 prevented memory loss & slowed Alzheimer's.

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A Happy Partner Leads to Less Dementia

VIDEO + ARTICLE:

Researchers find optimistic people contribute to the health of their partners, staving off risk factors leading to Alzheimer's disease, other dementias and cognitive decline as they grow old together.

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