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What is Alzheimer's ?
Alzheimer's is a a degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks .
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How can I help my loved ones impacted by this disease? Touched by Angels Companion and Personal Care Service Aging in place should be a top priority for those we love and those we serve. At Touched by Angels Compassion and Personal Care Service, our goal is to help older adults live their lives how they prefer, and, more often than not, that’s in the homes and communities they love, not an institution. Call for your no obligation consultation: 980-785-4749 or 980-785-4679, you'll be glad you did!
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Current Alzheimer’s information
- A deep learning model for early prediction of Alzheimer's disease dementia based on hippocampal magnetic resonance imaging data June 11, 2019It is challenging at baseline to predict when and which individuals who meet criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will ultimately progress to Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia.
- Contributions of vascular and Alzheimer's disease pathology to dementia June 11, 2019Although Alzheimer's disease (AD) is frequently cited as the most common type of dementia, the relative contributions of vascular and neurodegenerative pathology to clinical dementia have been actually obscure. The systematic review of studies reporting clinicopathologic data of dementia cases sheds important light on this issue [1]. Ten reports were analyzed, and altogether they included […]
- Association of TLR4 with Alzheimer's disease risk and presymptomatic biomarkers of inflammation June 4, 2019A coding variant in the TLR4 receptor (rs4986790), previously associated with longevity and Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk reduction, was examined in a population isolate (Québec Founder Population [QFP]) and in presymptomatic individuals with a parental history of AD (Pre-Symptomatic Evaluation of Novel or Experimental Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease [PREVENT-AD]).
- The costs of dementia subtypes to California Medicare fee-for-service, 2015 June 4, 2019Dementia is among the costliest of medical conditions, but it is not known how these costs vary by dementia subtype.