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...because patients showing signs of dementia are often uncommunicative; failure to remember or fully answer questions can be as easily caused by severe depression as by full-fledged dementia. Doctors typically conduct a battery of tests, which can include blood counts, chest X rays and tests of thyroid function. Later this year the American Academy of Neurology will issue a new set of guidelines that emphasizes the importance of taking cat scans or magnetic resonance images of the brain. These are particularly good at revealing structural problems caused by ministrokes, blood clots, tumors and fluid buildup...
...disabling. You'll lose your glasses but not your marbles. Even in the 65-and-older age group, only 15% of people suffering from mild cognitive impairment will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease. Others, Mayeux explains, may be suffering from undiagnosed problems such as atherosclerosis, ministrokes or thyroid disorders. For still others, alcohol and drugs, legal or illegal, may be part of the problem. Any substances that depress the central nervous system, including anesthetics, throw a similarly wet blanket over the ability to form memories. Blood-pressure medicines and antidepressants may cause problems too, since the receptors they...
Along the way, Smith's physical condition deteriorated, and he had to quit his security job. He developed throat cancer and now speaks through a voice box. "I got sick," he says. "I got a thyroid [condition], cancer, low sugar, high blood pressure, heart murmur. I got everything. I'm lucky to be alive...
...regimen that will then require semi-annual and, finally, annual boosters until I'm out of the service and safe at home with just one paycheck again. Which sounds like a fine idea. Except that a handful of soldiers are blaming The Shot for any number of physical ravages (thyroid malfunctions, autoimmune disorders, heart stoppages, etc.), and a growing number of others are refusing to take it on the grounds that the Pentagon is out to guinea-pig them into an early grave. All of which, admittedly, was easy enough for me to be impassive about - until...
...Government Reform national security subcommittee on Thursday released a report urging that the inoculation of 2.4 million military personnel be halted until the procedure is further tested. Almost 400,000 troops have so far been inoculated, with at least 400 complaints of side effects, ranging from dizziness to severe thyroid problems...