Almost everyone has experienced sleep deprivation at one time or another in their lives. It could have been from being out all night with friends, working late into the night on a project or being up with a sick child. Sleep deprivation that occurs for one or two nights in a row is [...]
Alzheimer?s is a disease that destroys the nerve cells particularly those in the brain; it is the most common form of dementia and the risk of getting it increases with age. It is thought that currently over 18 million people throughout the world suffer from this disease.
No cure is available for Alzheimer?s disease or indeed [...]
How do you know if that forgetfulness you?ve had is an early sign of Alzheimer?s disease, or just normal aging?
You may forget the occasional name or sometimes have trouble thinking of the right word to use. Maybe you walk into another room and wonder what you were looking for. Is it Alzheimer?s, aging, or just [...]
Fibromyalgia is a relatively new diagnosis (recognized in the 1980s). Common widespread aches and pains, along with other symptoms makes this disease difficult for physicians to diagnose but it can be controlled through exercise, rest and diet.
Fibromyalgia is a condition where several signs and symptoms exist at once primarily associated with widespread aches and [...]
It’s quite normal - though perhaps a bit jarring - to see your grandma or grandpa begin to have memory problems. They might forget your phone number, or have to think twice while recalling a childhood memory. But when should you worry? When do the memory troubles signify something more disturbing, like Alzheimer’s disease?
It’s important [...]
To maintain normal function, the brain must receive a certain combination of nutrients and oxygen in order to serve you properly, and that includes general health down to remembering where you left your keys.
But the brain needs more than that to maintain your memory. It also needs neurotransmitters and the nutrients that help them function [...]
A decline in intellectual function, a common type of dementia, a progressive mental deterioration and memory thoughts are impaired. In the United States, there are currently more than four million, who suffer from this disease. It lies and waits for the aged, claiming ten percent over the age of sixty-five and fifty percent over the [...]
Communicating with those who have short term memory loss is difficult and frustrating. If you tell them you will visit tomorrow at three p.m.; that they should brush their teeth in the morning; or any number of things you want them to remember, your words may fly away before they can be acted upon. [...]
Colloidal = a solid (in this case gold) of minute particles, that remain in suspension in a surrounding liquid (in this case de-ionized water).
Gold has always been the prize of desire, but now the elixir of choice? We know that this precious metal has been a primary building block of the body. Very little [...]
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disease that affects an estimated 4.5 million Americans. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized initially by memory loss but in its later stages also by loss of mental functioning including language, reasoning and understanding and reading and writing. It is the most common cause of dementia.
The devastation of Alzheimer?s disease (Alzheimer’s [...]
