Wellness Digest

About Living Well and Being Healthy

Alzheimers
Signs of Alzheimers Disease
Alzheimer’s is the most prevalent form of dementia. It is a disease that affects memory and reduces the quality of life of its sufferers. It usually affects people over sixty-five. There are over 4.5 million people in America with Alzheimer’s and that number may increase four fold as the ...
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Coping with Alzheimers
A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can be devastating. While the disease will certainly bring changes to your life, understanding some simple techniques of Alzheimer's disease management can help you cope with those changes and continue to have a good quality of life in the future.The first ...
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Early Detection of Alzheimers
Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating condition that often goes undiagnosed in elderly patients until they are suffering from severe cognitive impairment. For example, some studies show that 95 percent of patients are diagnosed four years after their symptoms begin. While an elderly patient' ...
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Alzheimers Medication And Care
Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disorder with memory loss.  It affects anyone regardless of social class or intelligence.  Thought to be an old person’s disease, it has been known to strike as young as thirty years old.  It gradually destroys the memory and the ability ...
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Alzheimer Disease and the Caregiver
Being a caregiver can takes its toll on you as an individual.  Caregivers are often in a high risk category when it comes to developing problems that are both emotional and physical.  You need to be aware of these risks so that you can take the steps that are necessary to take care of your ...
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Depression and Alzheimers
Many people who suffer with Alzheimer's disease also suffer with depression. This can be due to many reasons, not all of them connected to the Alzheimer's disease problem.In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, the sufferer is usually aware that they have memory impairment and this c ...
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Alzheimer Disease History
 Alzheimer's disease, named after the German psychologist Alois Alzheimer's, seems to be a disease of the twentieth century, but the brain degeneration, cognitive impairment and disturbing behavioral and psychiatric problems which characterize the disease have most likely been around fo ...
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