Word: dementia
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...come on with a frightening suddenness, but new research in the journal Stroke suggests that subtle signs may be measurable as much as 10 years beforehand. The finding comes out of a study of 2,175 men and women ages 33 to 88 with no history of stroke or dementia. Researchers found that as the risk of stroke increased--indicated by variables like age, blood pressure, diabetes, smoking status, history of heart disease--the subjects' cognitive functions declined, perhaps owing to small, undetectable changes in the brain. "People don't just wake up one morning and find they are demented...
...course, knowing you have early Alzheimer's doesn't help much if it can't be treated. Fortunately, therapies are improving. Exelon and memantine, drugs usually used to treat the symptoms of dementia in moderate cases of Alzheimer's, may be even more useful in delaying the progression of early disease...
...Women's Health Initiative, a study that involved more than 16,000 women, showed that the combination of estrogen and progestin not only raised a postmenopausal woman's risk of heart disease and breast cancer but also increased her risk of stroke and doubled her chances of developing dementia if she was 65 or older. The grim research results, on top of those released in 2002, have translated into plummeting prescriptions for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of Prempro (the company also helped fund the critical studies): the tally of 2003 sales of the hormone combo is expected to be down...
...eight-year study of 1,800 adults ages 65 or older with no signs of dementia found that those who had a stroke before or during the investigation were 60% more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. Researchers don't know whether an unidentified process contributes to both strokes and Alzheimer's or if the damage of a stroke hastens the progression of dementia. In either case, reducing risk factors for strokes--like diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking--may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer...
...help keep you calm and happy. This robotic version--known as NeCoRo in his native Japan and Max in the U.S.--is so lifelike in his appearance, responses and movements that Maryland "robo-therapists" Alex and Elena Libin have recommended him for nursing-home residents and dementia patients who could use a pet's love but are unable to care for the real thing. Stroke Max with an open palm or call him by name, and he will purr, turn his head, move his ears and blink his eyes. He can also sit, stretch and "sleep" but never goes looking...