Sarah Goldstein’s mother, Leah Krupit, lived with Alzheimer’s disease for a quarter of a century. She survived more than twice as long, in some cases five times longer, than most people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Bringing her mother to Israel and caring for her during her final years […]
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – the most common type of dementia – was first discovered by clinical psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer who described a 50-year-old woman, Auguste Deter, in a Frankfurt psychiatric hospital in 1901. It affects one person in 14 people over the age of 65. one in every six people over the age of […]
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Owning a pet – especially a dog or cat – has been linked with slower rates of cognitive decline including verbal memory and fluency among older adults who live alone, while the same protective effect was not found in pet owners living with others. Nearly 8,000 older people were studied by Chinese researchers who published […]
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Dementia is an incurable disease, but early detection can significantly impact treatment and care. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, leads to a progressive decline in mental function. Patients experience a deterioration in learning and thinking skills, short-term memory, spatial orientation, visual perception, attention, information processing, and judgment. In advanced stages, individuals require […]
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Besides all the disorders caused by smoking – cancer, heart disease, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and more – it has now been found to shrink the brain, raising the risk of premature dementias like Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It has been known for some time that there are […]
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