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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
- Erratum to “Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease—An emerging role for gut microbiome” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2019;15:76-92.] March 21, 2019In the article “Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease—An emerging role for gut microbiome,” published in the January 2019 issue of Alzheimer’s & Dementia, the e-mail address listed for author Rima Kaddurah-Daouk is incorrect. The correct addresses are kaddu001@mc.duke.edu and rima.kaddurahdaouk@duke.edu.
- The effects of 7-week cognitive training in patients with vascular cognitive impairment, no dementia (the Cog-VACCINE study): A randomized controlled trial March 17, 2019Evidence for the efficacy of cognitive training in patients with subcortical vascular cognitive impairment no dementia is still lacking.
- A randomized clinical trial to evaluate home-based assessment of people over 75 years old March 11, 2019There is an unmet need for effective methods for conducting dementia prevention trials.
- Impact of Helicobacter pylori and/or Helicobacter pylori–related metabolic syndrome on incidence of all-cause and Alzheimer's dementia March 11, 2019Beydoun et al. [1], investigated in a large national retrospective cohort study the association of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) seropositivity with an incidence of all-cause and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia and with AD dementia mortality. Data were extracted from the National Health and Nutrition Surveys III, phase 1 (1988–1991), and 1999–2000 and were linked with Medicare and […]