by Russel Sher | Blog, Cognitive Health
Vitamin C and Vitamin E are both antioxidants that are believed to play certain very important roles in our bodies. Very similar to one another, both vitamins help prevent free radical damage to our brains. It is believed that free radicals can cause damage to cell...
by superadmin | Blog, Cognitive Health
Dementia is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, language, and problem-solving, although particularly in the later...
by superadmin | Blog, Cognitive Health
Zinc is one of the minerals that can help hold off the onset of dementia or Alzheimer’s. In most studies, zinc has been shown to improve mental capacity in elders. And most older people and those with dementia and other mental disorders have been found to be deficient...
by Russel Sher | Blog, Cognitive Health
Technique Helps Distinguish Alzheimer’s From Other Types of Dementia The use of a brain imaging technique that measures sugar metabolism within a critical area of the brain could play an important role in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias....
by superadmin | Blog, Cognitive Health
“What’s the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s?” This is a common question, and doctors can be good at confusing us. Physicians seem to prefer the word “dementia,” possibly because Alzheimer’s has become such a loaded word. “Dementia” somehow sounds less...
by Russel Sher | Blog, Cognitive Health
Older people sometimes develop dementia, a somewhat common condition that results in mental and emotional confusion. Some of these people, particularly those who are institutionalized, often display anger outbursts in reaction to relatively mild provocations, such as...
