Alzheimer's is responsible for 65% of senile dementias

For the doctor José Manuel Martínez The letter G, coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Confederation of Relatives of People with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias (CEAFA),...

Feed people with senile dementia

Some people with dementia may to refuse the foods or refuse to eat enough to stay healthy. Therefore, it is important to keep in mind:Help him do enough exercise to whet your appetiteAsk a to be...

Alzheimer's and vascular dementia

There are two types of dementia that manifest themselves in older adults: the disease Alzheimer's and the vascular dementia (or by cerebral multi-infarcts). Studies conducted around the world have...

Drinking little alcohol reduces the possibility of Alzheimer's

Drink one or two glasses of wine or one beer per day, can decrease the risk of developing Alzheimer's, revealed an investigation of the School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago (United...

If you walk slow today, better run tomorrow

A study of researchers from Boston Medical Center (USA) determined that the speed at walk can help predict the risk of dementia of a person, after checking that they walk more slowly, they have a...

Alzheimer's: aggressive and disabling

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 20 million of people on the planet are sick with Alzheimer's.In Mexico, around 500 thousand people are affected, although this figure could...

Benefits of brain training

In today's world, scientists have come to the conclusion that brain training can and should improve capacity. Just as physical exercise is good for the body, the training of this body helps the mind...

8 reasons to exercise the mind

In a study of August 4, 2009 published by Neurology, it was reported that people engaged in exercises of brain training, such as read, to write Y card games may, delay the appearance of a rapid...

How to face a patient with Alzheimer's

When talking about Alzheimer's disease, the cause or origin that causes it is still unknown. Research has been conducted on its etiology for a long time, which usually focus on factors such as...

Senile dementia, a way to leave this world

So there is no doubt: the dementia senile It is a disease and is not part of the normal aging process. Although older adults, as they get older, take part in a series of physical and mental changes,...

Caring for a person with Alzheimer's

Various associations for Alzheimer's both from Mexico and the United States have developed a series of guides for relatives who have at home a person with Alzheimer's or other senile...

World Alzheimer's Day

People with high levels of cholesterol they may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's, because these are related to senile plaques, according to a Japanese study published by the medical...

Exercise, impact factor in the mental health of the elderly

The mental disorders and behavior represent 12% of the burden of disease in the world according to data collected by the World Health Organization; however, the mental health budget in most countries...

Aging is not associated with neuronal loss

A series of studies conducted at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FMVZ) of the University of Sao Paulo (USP), in Brazil, suggests that the process of aging is not necessarily associated with a...

This is the reason why some become 'werewolves'

The werewolf is not just a science fiction character influenced by the moon. This is also a psychiatric syndrome that causes hallucinations in the affected person, where he believes he can transform...

Exercises to improve the quality of life with Parkinson's

When you suffer from Parkinson's mobilities of the body atrophied increasingly, reaching the point that the patient loses control of their extremities.For the caregiver of a patient with...

Brain exercise to exercise memory

Previously it was believed that the loss of memory and the confusion they were part of the normal process of aging, but this is not the case anymore. Nowadays, several studies show that most people...

Geriatrics and health care

In these modern times, when there are medicines available for an infinity of diseases and every pain that one feels, there is still no one that replaces the attention and love necessary to take care...

The battle against dementia

The loss of mental functions, such as memory retention and reasoning, are among the biggest problems faced by the elderly. Dementia is one of them, with Alzheimer's disease as the common cause....

Exercise protects against Alzheimer's

Doing physical exercise constantly and for pleasure, creates a protective effect and therapeutic against Alzheimer's. This was ensured by the study of the CSIC (Spanish State Agency for Scientific...