Tag Archives: Dementia

Kim Williams-Paisley sheds some light on dementia

Kim Williams-Paisley, actress (one of my personal favorites) and wife of country musician Brad Paisley, [...]

Dementia Awareness Week is a time to focus on educating the public

Dementia Awareness Week was launched by the Alzheimer’s Society after a study indicated that well [...]

New PET scans can be used to study the brains of people with Alzheimer’s

PET scans can see the tau deposits and amyloid buildup believed to contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease. [...]

Playing this game helps develop a baseline for dementia diagnosis

I just loaded this game onto my smartphone and maybe you should, too.  At the [...]

Music as Medicine Project at Ithaca College

Just as the program title suggests, the Music as Medicine Project, which is a collaboration [...]

Study of people with dementia is using ipads to assist with caregiving

A four year study by the University of Iowa is investigating the effectiveness of using an [...]

Antibiotics and delirium

The link between antibiotics and delirium is not new, but the link is stronger than [...]

Proton Pump Inhibitors may increase risk of dementia

Although a cause and effect connection has not yet been proven, studies are showing a [...]

Lumosity’s claims about Brain Games alleged to be misleading

The Federal Trade Commission questions claims made by the company Lumosity in regards to their [...]

Certain video games may help prevent Alzheimer’s

Although the research is not yet conclusive on the actual prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease by [...]