Declining financial skills are detectable in patients in the year before they develop Alzheimer's, according to US researchers.
"The findings do suggest that a decrease in specific money skills could indicate a progression towards Alzheimer's, and this is something doctors could take into account when monitoring patients."--Rebecca Wood
[Editor note: I now believe that if I had known this, I would have known my mother was suffering from mild cognitive impairment. I believe this is one of the earliest signs of Dementia and Alzheimer's.]
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Preventing Second Stroke May Stave Off Dementia
Two major findings emerged from an analysis of 30 previous studies that involved more than 7,500 people who had suffered a stroke, said Dr. Sarah Pendlebury, a senior clinical fellow at the Stroke Prevention Research Unit of John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and lead author of a report published online Sept. 23 in The Lancet Neurology.
"First, there is a clear relationship between having multiple strokes and the risk of dementia," Pendlebury said. "If someone has multiple strokes at the same time, that person has a strong risk of becoming demented in the first month."
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Actors share their thoughts on Alzheimer's disease
Thoughts about it: "Alzheimer's is a disease that is currently impacting someone very close to me. For someone in their 20s, I didn't think that something like this would impact our lives at this point and it has been difficult adjusting to this new reality."
Alzheimer's connection: Grandmother and grandmother's brother had dementia
Thoughts about it: "We need to get people involved and tell them what can be done. We need to build awareness. This is huge."
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