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A Primer on Parkinson's Disease
Some Parkinson's symptoms, such as slowness or stiffness, are so subtle that they may be mistaken for normal signs of aging.
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Alzheimer's Disease Facts
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that occurs when nerve cells in the brain die.
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Don't Forget to Remember
Your memory is built in three basic steps. Before you can remember something, you have to learn it.
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Epilepsy Facts
Epilepsy is a nerve disorder that causes frequent seizures. Seizures are sudden, uncontrollable events that occur when the brain sends out abnormal electrical signals to the body.
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Helping Someone With Memory Loss
In older people, it's easy to mistake memory problems for the everyday forgetfulness that some people experience as they grow older.
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He's the Expert on Geriatrics
Recognized as a world expert on aging, neuropsychiatrist Robert Neil Butler, M.D., helped lead the drive to make "geriatrics" a formal medical discipline.
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How Much Do You Know About Alzheimer's?
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How to Plan for Long-Term Care
Most older people are independent. But later in life, you or someone you love may need help with everyday activities, such as shopping, cooking and bathing.
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How to Protect and Improve Your Memory
Occasional memory lapses—what you ate for dinner last night or where you parked your car at the mall—are normal.
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Medications that Can Treat Alzheimer's Disease
Many people believe that Alzheimer’s disease can't be treated. The truth is that medications are available that may help slow the progression of symptoms.
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Out-Foxing Parkinson's Disease
Actor Michael Fox has Parkinson's disease, a chronic and progressive illness in which certain nerve cells, or neurons, die or become impaired. Early symptoms are subtle and occur gradually. More than 1 million Americans have Parkinson's, and many wind up unable to walk, talk or care for themselves.
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Parkinson's Disease Facts
Parkinson's disease is a slowly progressing, degenerative condition. Symptoms, which grow worse over time, result from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells.
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Remember This: Many Have Memory Lapses
Unpredictable, frustrating and, at times, embarrassing memory lapses can be common. So if frequent bouts of forgetfulness are causing you stress and worry, take note: there is most likely a simple explanation.
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Treating Alzheimer's Disease
For those already feeling the effects of AD, the primary need is for treatments to control their symptoms, including cognitive loss and problem behaviors.
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When Drugs Cause Dementia (Pseudodementia)
What looks like dementia may actually be confusion or forgetfulness caused by some other agent, such as a drug interaction.
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With Alzheimer’s, Planning Is Key
We expect people to act in certain ways. When their behavior is difficult, we expect them to change in response to care or attention. But people with Alzheimer's can't change.
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