The Ageing Brain...
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Acute Confusion
For a doctor, the overwhelming feeling one gets when trying to talk to a patient in an acute confusional state is that he or she just is not really with you. The...
Cognitive Decline with Age
All of our organs change as we age and unfortunately the changes are usually for the worse. For example, there is a decrease in reserve capacity in the lungs, kidneys...
Cognitive Decline With Age: How Can We Affect It?
In the Western world, people are living longer than ever before and the fastest growing subgroup is the oldest old (over age 85). So in recent...
How Personality Affects the Ageing Brain
We know about many influences that play a part in how well your brain ages. Everything from your genes to the environment and the kind of...
How to Cope with Alzheimer's
So far no cure for Alzheimer's has been found, but there has been a huge amount of research on the subject over the last 15 years, which has led to drugs that can treat...
Incomplete Memories
A sharp memory has benefits for anyone but improving your memory through the right brain skills can be a challenge. Studying people with dementia is one way we can...
Stroke Rehabilitation
Strokes are the third commonest cause of death in the UK and about a third of people who have a stroke are left with disabilities. Though some people recover well from...
What Causes Alzheimer's
In every era there have been diseases that wreak havoc in humanity. Throughout history the causes of most such illnesses have been unknown and people generally accepted...
What Causes Parkinson's Disease?
Michael J Fox, Pope John Paul II, Salvador Dali and millions of other people throughout the world have suffered from Parkinson's disease. Although we know a lot about...
What is Alzheimer's?
Most of us from time to time have difficulty in recalling the name or birthday of an acquaintance or even of a relative. An appointment occasionally slips our minds or...
