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Aging > Dementia
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Dementia Defined
A general term for brain disease characterized by mental confusion, poor memory, incoherent speech, and poor orientation to the environment. In the elderly it can be associated with a number of disease .processes such as arteriosclerosis, AD. It can also be the side effect of medications or combinations of medications taken . Dementia over the age 75 affects approximately 40% of the population and is the major reason for disability among the very old.
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Tue Aug 26
- FSU.com :: FSU professor to study best way to help African-Americ an caregivers: caregiver study
- Despite Risks, Elderly Still Treated with Antipsychotic Drugs: Despite warnings that atypical antipsychotic drugs increased death risk when used to treat elderly dementia patients, a Canadian study found that their use may be increasing among older patients.
- Frontotemporal dementia - MayoClinic.com
- FT.com / - Doubts cast on Zardari's state of mental health- Michael Peel: In court documents seen by the Financial Times, Philip Saltiel, a New York City-based psychiatrist, said in a March 2007 diagnosis that Mr Zardari's imprisonment had left him suffering from "emotiona l instability&qu ot; and memory and concentration problems. "I do not foresee any improvement in these issues for at least a year," Mr Saltiel wrote.
- Neuropsycholog y Central
- Neurology
- Neurology Now
- Neuropsycholog y Central Message Boards
- Folha Online - Mundo - Ex-premiê britânica Margaret Thatcher sofre de demência, diz filha - 25/08/2008
- "Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings": Dementia, Washington Post, August 25, 2008
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