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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] It is important to take care of the Alzheimer's caregiver 24 Nov 2005
    ...levels manageable. Markut cared for her mother, Helen, for 15 years after Helen was diagnosed with vascular dementia. Markut's book ...
    - Woodstock Independent,

    Healthy living reduces risk of Alzheimer’s Nov 22, 2005
    Some of the research is also suggesting that vascular disease which leads to vascular dementia may be a precursor to Alzheimer’s Disease.�. ...
    - Royal Gazette,

    Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Psychosis of Alzheimer’s ... Nov 13, 2005
    If a given study included subjects with dementias other than Alzheimer’s disease (eg, vascular dementia or mixed dementia), sufficient data on the Alzheimer ...
    - Am J Psychiatry (subscription)

    The Pattern of Cognitive Performance in CADASIL: A Monogenic ... Nov 13, 2005
    Participants underwent a series of assessments that included ratings of global cognition, the cognitive portion of the Vascular Dementia Assessment Scale, and ...
    - Am J Psychiatry (subscription)

    Group studies crossing south of Ambassador Bridge area Nov 20, 2005
    He was 57. Ted Schumacher, former owner of Gardner and Schumacher Wholesale Furniture in Detroit, died of Parkinson’s disease and vascular dementia Nov. 11. ...
    - Crain's Detroit Business (subscription),

    Anxious patients hope battery of tests can predict dementia Oct 27, 2005
    Her father died of a dementia that she believes was Alzheimer's disease; her mother, still living, has lost her memory to a disorder called vascular dementia. ...
    - International Herald Tribune,

    Memory Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2005 Financial ... Nov 8, 2005
    ...for the treatment of debilitating central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression, vascular dementia, mild cognitive ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Cancer Drug Could Treat Dementia 10/31/05 Nov 1, 2005
    ..."We believe that this drug might not only help the dementias of Alzheimer's disease, also vascular dementia, Lewy Bodies, Parkinson's dementia, and so on. ...
    - Bioscience Technology,

    Ted Schumacher: Store owner touted downtown Nov 15, 2005
    Boulevard. Mr. Schumacher, 77, died of Parkinson's disease and vascular dementia Friday at the MediLodge of St. Clair. Born Oct. ...
    - Detroit Free Press,

    Memory Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Rodman and Renshaw ... Nov 2, 2005
    ...innovative drugs for the treatment of debilitating CNS disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression, vascular dementia, mild cognitive ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    World Alzheimer’s Day to raise awareness of vascular dementia Sep 21, 2005
    For a free information booklet ‘Understanding vascular dementia’ or for help and advice on any form of dementia please call the Alzheimer’s Helpline on ...
    - RxPG NEWS

    Cost of Care for Vascular Dementia Higher Than Alzheimer’s Sep 12, 2005
    12, 2005 - The most comprehensive health economics study of vascular dementia in the US has found that patients with vascular dementia living in the community ...
    - SeniorJournal.com

    New Study Finds Health Care Costs Associated With Vascular ... Sep 12, 2005
    NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/12/2005 -- The most comprehensive health economics study of vascular dementia in the US has found that patients with ...
    - Market Wire (press release)

    New Study Finds Health Care Costs Associated With Vascular ... Sep 12, 2005
    NEW YORK, NY -- (Market Wire - Sep 12, 2005) -- The most comprehensive health economics study of vascular dementia in the US has found that patients with ...
    - ArriveNet (press release)

    Understanding Dementia: Hospitalis offering 'memory evaluations' Sep 8, 2005
    Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia followed by vascular dementia, and then a mix of Alzheimer's and vascular type of dementia. ...
    - Nashua 1590 Broadcaster

    Cholinesterase inhibitors: in search of cholinergic deficits Sep 16, 2005
    Cholinergic deficits are well documented in vascular dementia, the second most common type of dementia, independently of any concomitant Alzheimer’s disease. ...
    - Adv Psychiatric Treat (subscription)

    Teodoro Bottiglieri and Ramon Diaz-Arrastia Sep 17, 2005
    ...brain is particularly susceptible. Elevated tHcy is now a recognized risk factor for vascular dementia. More surprising have been ...
    - Am J Clin Nutr (subscription)

    A guide to geriatric medicine Sep 17, 2005
    Geriatric psychiatrists specialize in memory problems, including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, which is like stroke dementia, as well as dementia ...
    - Newsday

    Improving cardiovascular health may slow dementia Sep 5, 2005
    Mixed dementia, a combination of Alzheimer's disease and a gradual cognitive decline caused by ministrokes, or vascular dementia, is more common than doctors ...
    - PakTribune.com

    Understanding dementia Sep 23, 2005
    ...disease? Vascular dementia (VaD) caused by brain strokes is another common form of dementia affecting 15-20 per cent of individuals. ...
    - News Today

    Find out how you can help raise awareness, plus get the facts on ... Sep 19, 2005
    There are over 200 different types of dementia, including vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies. The most common is Alzheimer's. ...
    - GMTV

    Cocoa innovations could help West Africa escape poverty Sep 21, 2005
    ...was growing that chemicals in cocoa could provide massive medical benefits in the battle against heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and vascular dementia. ...
    - Mongabay.com

    Memory Pharmaceuticals Completes Safety and Tolerability Study of ... Sep 26, 2005
    ...innovative drugs for the treatment of debilitating CNS disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression, vascular dementia, mild cognitive ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Don't take memory loss lightly: expert:- Sep 22, 2005
    Memory lapses are not uncommon among people with undetected high blood pressure leading to vascular dementia or thyroid problem. ...
    - Webindia123

    Reduced Blood Flow to the Brain Tied to Dementia Aug 30, 2005
    ...the MTR and the cerebral blood flow were lower in the group with dementia, even though patients with a clinical diagnosis of vascular dementia were excluded ...
    - MedPage Today

    Comments on "Psychopathology in Neuropsychiatry: DSM and Beyond" Sep 24, 2005
    We also argued for a simplified classification, in which, for example, vascular dementia would not be subclassified as acute onset, multi-infarct, subcortical ...
    - Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)

    Raising awareness of preventive strategies for dementia in ... Sep 18, 2005
    Vascular risk factors are associated not only with vascular dementia but also with Alzheimer’s dementia (Stewart et al, 1998), which together account for the ...
    - Adv Psychiatric Treat (subscription)

    David ruled incompetent to stand trial Sep 5, 2005
    ...psychiatry fellow with the SC Department of Mental Health`s forensic evaluation service, testified that David suffers from vascular dementia with delusions. ...
    - Camden Chronicle Independent

    Psychiatrist says more medical tests on Pinochet "useless" Sep 23, 2005
    ...reasons. The retired general suffers from diabetes, heart disease and an"irreversible vascular dementia," according to Ferrer. However ...
    - Xinhua

    Private Deal Brings $31M To Memory For Research Sep 22, 2005
    Other areas of interest for the company include depression, vascular dementia, mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson's disease and memory impairments associated ...
    - BioWorld Online (subscription)

    Organic brain dysfunction in late-onset depression Sep 25, 2005
    ...prodrome for any particular type of dementia but the majority of patients who develop dementia will acquire Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia, as they ...
    - British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription)

    Davidwon’t face trial Sep 1, 2005
    Lloyd made the ruling after hearing testimony from an evaluating doctor that Robert E. “Jack� David, 82, suffered from vascular dementia, with delusions ...
    - The State

    South Carolina Sep 2, 2005
    A doctor who evaluated David, 82, said he suffered from vascular dementia, with delusions that his wife was having an extramarital affair and was trying to ...
    - Myrtle Beach Sun News

    Walkersville Community Calendar Sep 14, 2005
    Catherine’s Nursing Center, 331 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg. Colleen Winters speaks on vascular dementia. Caregiving available with advance notice. ...
    - Business Gazette

    KEW AND MARS SCIENTISTS REVIEW EVIDENCE THAT COCOA COULD BE A ... Sep 2, 2005
    ...by Mars suggests this class of compounds may provide the basis for new medicines to help treat cardiovascular disease diabetes and vascular dementia in the ...
    - ITNews

    Across South Carolina Sep 2, 2005
    A doctor who evaluated Mr. David, 82, said he suffered from vascular dementia, with delusions that his wife was having an affair and was trying to poison him. ...
    - Augusta Chronicle (subscription)

    ReGen Therapeutics Plc Acquires Rights To New Use for Well Known ... Sep 6, 2005
    ...can normalise areas of brain dormancy secondary to a primary lesion in brain damage conditions eg stroke, traumatic brain injury, vascular dementia and Bell's ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release)

    ‘You and me forever’ Sep 4, 2005
    Doctors believe her Alzheimer’s disease may have been the result of a stroke, seizure, or vascular dementia -- a series of small strokes or other changes in ...
    - Fall River Herald News

    Man Charged With Killing Wife Ruled Incompetent Sep 1, 2005
    A doctor says David suffers from vascular dementia and had delusions that his wife, Mary, was having an extramarital affair and was trying to poison him. ...
    - WLTX.com

    UN Classifies Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as “Carcinogenic ...31 Jul 2005
    ...effects. HRT medications can double the risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, especially in women over 65. Short ...
    - Newsinferno.com

    Lack of resources to tackle dementia31 Jul 2005
    ...brain. Vascular Dementia and Lewy Body Disease are two other common causes accounting for another 15-20 per cent each. Although ...
    - Malta Independent

    Differentiation of Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer DiseaseJul 22, 2005
    Fifteen patients with AD (mean age, 70 years), 12 patients with vascular dementia (VD) (mean age, 61.5 years), and 9 healthy control subjects (mean age, 58 ...
    - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

    Dementia: Presentations, Differential Diagnosis, and Nosology, 2nd ...Jul 29, 2005
    Damage to the microvasculature and inflammation are probably common to dementia of the Alzheimer type and vascular dementia. The ...
    - Am J Psychiatry (subscription)

    Research Finds Flavanols in Cocoa May Help Treat Diabetes, Strokes ...Jul 25, 2005
    ...for the "heart-healthy" benefits of certain cocoa and dark chocolate may also in the future help treat diabetes, strokes and vascular dementia, and could soon ...
    - Yahoo News

    Careworker is guilty of killing two residentsJul 27, 2005
    ...delighted with today's verdict. "Prior to her death, our mother had been ill with vascular dementia for about four years. It is a ...
    - Hunts Post

    The Cognitive Effects of Cholinesterase Inhibitor Treatment in ...Jul 13, 2005
    Eur J Neurol 2000;7:159-69. 9. Moretti R, Torre P, Antonello RM, Cazzato G. Rivastigmine in subcortical vascular dementia: an open 22-month study. ...
    - RedNova.com

    Statins Not Associated with Reduced Dementia Risk Says New StudyJul 11, 2005
    ...statins had no reduction in their risk of developing dementia from any cause (Alzheimer's disease, mixed Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia or vascular ...
    - SeniorJournal.com

    The way to obtain a healthy brain is to stay mentally and ...Jul 25, 2005
    ...there are things we can do to help keep our brains healthier as we age -- and these steps may reduce the risk of developing vascular dementia (dementia caused ...
    - Delmarva Daily Times

    More being learned about Alzheimer’s risk factorsJul 4, 2005
    ...a person has. The three categories are: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and reversible dementia. Unfortunately, the type ...
    - Canton Repository (subscription)

    Brain Changes In Alzheimer's Disease Are More Likely To Present As ...Jul 23, 2005
    People with cardiovascular disease have an elevated risk of developing dementia, including both Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, according to a study ...
    - Science Daily

    Statins don't ward off dementia, UW study findsJul 12, 2005
    The two groups had no significant difference in their risks for Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia caused by diseased blood vessels, a combination of ...
    - Seattle Times

    Statins Not Associated with Reduced Dementia RiskJul 11, 2005
    ...had no reduction in their risk of developing dementia from any cause (Alzheimer’s disease, mixed Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia or vascular ...
    - Newswise

    Cocoa Component May Lead to New Class of DrugsJul 25, 2005
    ...cardiovascular benefits -- molecules called flavanols -- may lead to the development of a new class of drugs to treat diabetes, strokes and vascular dementia. ...
    - Daily News Central

    Purported Statin Benefit in Preventing Dementia DisputedJul 12, 2005
    ...with the risk of all-cause dementia (hazard ratio (HR) 1.08), or with Alzheimer's disease alone (HR 1.21), mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia (HR 0.87) or ...
    - Medscape (subscription)

    Grant will help Rock County Alzheimer's victimsJul 22, 2005
    Alzheimer's Support Center also will reach out to the African American community because the population has a higher rate of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. ...
    - Beloit Daily News

    Caregiver grapples with lossJul 18, 2005
    ...lived in Bayonne, Bernadette's hometown. Jim suffered a stroke and was diagnosed with vascular dementia. The diagnosis was shocking ...
    - Asbury Park Press

    The Final IndignityJul 20, 2005
    A former bookkeeper, she was good with money, but sometime during the summer of 2003, vascular dementia impaired her judgment and she was taken advantage of by ...
    - Newsweek

    Caring for loved ones with dementiaJul 16, 2005
    A panel that includes a neurologist and geriatric psychiatrist will review the various forms of dementia, such as vascular dementia, Pick’s disease ...
    - Village News Network

    Exercise: Variety Show, Not RerunJul 18, 2005
    ...data was a correlation between the amount and variety of exercise engaged in by participants and the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. ...
    - Charlottesville Daily Progress

    Cholesterol Drugs Show No Effect on Dementia RiskJul 12, 2005
    ...in Archives of Neurology found no proof that the drugs affected the risk of developing dementia from any cause - Alzheimer's, vascular dementia or the two ...
    - Wilmington Morning Star

    Free Educational Forum For Family Caregivers. Caring For Loved ...Jul 8, 2005
    A panel that includes a Neurologist and Geriatric Psychiatrist will review the various forms of dementia such as: Vascular Dementia, Pick’s Disease ...
    - Emediawire

    Court upholds annulmentJul 20, 2005
    ...a trial in Guilford County Superior Court last spring, Dr. Michele Haber testified that Goodwin suffered from Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia when he ...
    - Greensboro News Record

    Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry, Third EditionJul 14, 2005
    A chapter on cognitive disorders discusses dementia and delirium, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal ...
    - Psychiatric Services (subscription)

    Natural doesn't mean benignJul 9, 2005
    Its effectiveness is questionable. Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo biloba is commonly used in the treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. ...
    - Fairfield Daily Republic




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