Sentences with phrase «for early dementia»

Established customized goals related to expressive language, receptive language and cognition; improved ability to communicate in diverse settings, provided word retrieval exercises and oral mechanism exercises to improve range of motion in face, articulators and oral resting posture, created memory books for early dementia patients and diet plans for swallowing clients.

If the latest findings are representative of that larger group, Clouston said, they suggest as many as 4,000 or 5,000 responders may be developing mental impairment and hundreds may be at risk for early dementia..

«High - resolution brain imaging provides clues about memory loss in older adults: UCI - led study reveals potential tool for early dementia diagnosis.»

Not exact matches

If he falls in the range for 71 - year - olds with a college degree (he has a bachelor's from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), then even if his language, memory, and other mental capacities have declined over the years he is probably not suffering from early Alzheimer's or other dementia.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

«The national dementia strategy published earlier this year is backed with substantial funding and we are appointing a national clinical director for dementia to lead transformation of services,» Mr Hope added.

For example, the remarkable increase in Motor Neuron Disease in the UK, as well as the earlier dementias.

Essentially, it is time for us to wake up and realize that a major problem we now face is unprecedented levels of neurological disease, not just the earlier dementias and thinking of the USA — «when America sneezes, Europe gets cold a decade later.»

New speech analysis tests could also help doctors screen for several other cognitive and mental health ailments, such as dementia and depression, that can be difficult to detect in their early stages.

«This opens a new door in identifying biological markers for dementia since we might consider using the brain's processing of speech sounds as a new way to detect the disease earlier,» says Dr. Claude Alain, the study's senior author and senior scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and professor at the University of Toronto's psychology department.

«Further research is needed to clarify the role of sleep disturbance as either a risk factor for, or an early symptom of, dementia among veterans, and in other populations as well.»

They venture that a possible explanation for the particularly high risk found in early to mid-life may lie in the fact that heavier weight is associated with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors, which are themselves linked to a heightened risk of dementia.

The only person in his family since the early 16th century to have dementia was his great - grandmother, so the familial type of Alzheimer's, which is responsible for about 3 percent of cases, is not likely.

Chronic low - grade inflammation is also associated with greater risk for several age - related diseases, including cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, certain cancers, autoimmune diseases, frailty, dementia and early mortality.

The high prevalence of OSA the study found in these cognitively normal elderly participants and the link between OSA and amyloid burden in these very early stages of AD pathology, the researchers believe, suggest the CPAP, dental appliances, positional therapy and other treatments for sleep apnea could delay cognitive impairment and dementia in many older adults.

This will be of particular benefit to those people who have mild cognitive impairments, for example older people who are still physically healthy but may have early symptoms of dementia.»

«Our goal is to identify people who are at the highest risk for dementia as early as possible» said study author Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., Chester and Debbie Cadieux Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

«DATATOP subjects were recruited at early disease stages, without apparent signs of dementia and prior to needing dopamine - supplementing drugs, making this cohort ideal for studying PD progression,» explains Jing Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle).

Larger size of the hematoma (the clotted blood) and location in the brain were associated with risk for early post-ICH dementia within six months.

National Institutes of Health scientists developing a rapid, practical test for the early diagnosis of prion diseases have modified the assay to offer the possibility of improving early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

Researchers at the Ludwig - Maximilians - University, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), and the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) in Munich, Germany, have identified a brain inflammation marker in patients at early asymptomatic stages of Alzheimer's disease.

«We now have the first marker for the capacity of brain immune cells to remove toxic materials,» says Haass, «and its increase long before full Alzheimer's dementia shows that there is early neuronal injury that does not yet affect memory, but already triggers a microglia response.»

Together, these symptoms cause substantial distress for both people with dementia and their caregivers, and contribute to people moving into residential care earlier, placing financial burden on the social care system.

But not all the products on the market are designed using scientific knowledge of the aging brain, and their ability to make meaningful, lasting changes hasn't been proven, says Smith, who studies games as treatment for early signs of dementia.

Although this study is still in early stages, it may change the process of future exams when testing for dementia and other cognitive issues.

There are currently limited treatments to prevent or delay declining cognition or dementia due to vascular disease, but if risk is identified early, then development of these diseases might be slowed with lifestyle adjustments and treatments for risk factors like blood pressure.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

In addition, other teams at the O'Donnell Brain Institute are designing tests for the early detection of patients who will develop dementia, and seeking methods to slow or stop the spread of toxic proteins associated with the disease such as beta - amyloid and tau, which are blamed for destroying certain groups of neurons in the brain.

They hope that early detection of these neurophysiological abnormalities and decreased function will help with early identification of type 2 patients who are at the greatest risk for developing cognitive decline or possibly dementia.

Researchers at the University of Sydney have established a method to identify individual nanoparticles released by human cells, opening the way for them to become diagnostic tools in the early - detection of cancers, dementia...

This study suggests that alcohol abuse disorders may be responsible for more cases of early - onset dementia than previously thought.

Poor sleep could be an early marker for dementia.

For example, TDP - 43 toxicity has also been observed in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a form of early - onset dementia that causes progressive memory loss.

Early detection of Alzheimer's and other dementias is critical for optimal treatment since some of the treatments are most effective before cognitive abilities significantly decline.

A better understanding of the effects of dementia on life expectancy is important because it enables patients and carers to plan for the future and gain access to support services earlier.3 Patients and carers want to understand the illness and be given an early diagnosis so they can make informed decisions.

Among Dr. Grinberg's contributions to the dementia field are the identification of brainstem nuclei as the earliest structures affected in AD and the translation of these findings to diagnosis and treatment development; use of high - resolution histology and sophisticated computing tools for validating multimodal neuroimaging findings; and participation in several international neuropathological consortia for establishing neuropathological criteria for neurodegenerative diseases and vascular dementia.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco have shown that a loss of cells in the retina is one of the earliest signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in people with a genetic risk for the disorder — even before any changes appear in their behavior.

This research is unique in that it had a much longer follow - up period than other studies on benzodiazepines, followed patients forward in time, and controlled for variables (such as depression) which are known to be early symptoms of dementia.

Previous studies have not distinguished between depression in middle age and depression later in life, making it difficult to determine if depression is a risk factor for dementia or an early symptom, Barnes says.

But the findings may have implications for the prevention of dementia, and underscore the importance of caring for our bodies and minds early in life, the researchers say.

That's worth knowing, he says, because current drugs for dementia work best when started early.

Using transcripts of the 46 news conferences Reagan held while president, Arizona State University researchers Visar Berisha, PhD, and Julie Liss, PhD searched for early signs of dementia, including the use of repetitive words, swapping out specific nouns for non-specific words such as «thing,» and a decline in the use of complex words.

What can be done for people that have memory impairment, cognitive decline, dementia, or early Alzheimer's?

Complete details on our advanced supplement recommendations for those who currently have early - stage Alzheimer's or dementia — Page 111

High levels of homocysteine causes inflammation and damages blood vessels, increasing the risk for early heart attacks, stroke, and dementia.

The Dementia Strikes Children Too campaign aims to raise awareness of childhood dementia, drive for better clinical education of this group of diseases, and put in place the systems and tools for earlier diDementia Strikes Children Too campaign aims to raise awareness of childhood dementia, drive for better clinical education of this group of diseases, and put in place the systems and tools for earlier didementia, drive for better clinical education of this group of diseases, and put in place the systems and tools for earlier diagnosis.

Add in the fact that said CIA agent is played by Nicolas Cage, an actor whose wild mood - swing style already resembles the early symptoms of dementia, and you've got the makings of a pretty good movie — which Dying Of The Light isn't, for a number of reasons.

A silver alert has been issued for an 85 - year - old Orange City man who suffers from dementia and other ailments and who went missing early Sunday afternoon.

I know these sets are billed for ages 8 +, and that I am so far into the «+» that I've almost rounded back on the «8» again — don't think about it (I clearly didn't, an early warning sign of my inevitable decent into dementia)-- but I think I made my case in the first paragraph.

In my backpack is Louise Bourgeois, the Secret of the Cells, revised and expanded for waiting and How to be an Explorer of the World, a Portable Art / Life Museum for walks with my husband who has early onset AIDS / HIV Dementia