Call for improved dementia care
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Care for people with dementia must be more co-ordinated with better access to specialist services, a watchdog says.
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Keeping tabs on granny The UK's Alzheimer's Society has backed the electronic tagging of dementia sufferers to "empower patients by allowing them to wander", the Telegraph reports.â¦
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TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors may soon have new tests to detect Alzheimer&#39;s early on, as well as better medications to help treat the mind-wasting disease, researchers say.
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A drug sometimes used to treat Alzheimer's disease can also moderately improve dementia caused by Parkinson's disease, according a report in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - There appears to be considerable interest among healthy older adults in screening and treatment for mild cognitive impairment, a condition now generally considered to be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
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At two Capitol Hill hearings yesterday, legislators highlighted the need for greater transparency in nursing-home operations and called for a government probe into the quality of care given at facilities owned by private-equity firms.
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Depression and manic depression are associated with dementia, and the more often a patient is hospitalized for these mental illnesses the greater their risk, Danish researchers report.
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Walking just two or three hours per week may lower womenâs chances of developing dementia, researchers at Harvard found. The study at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Womenâs
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WASHINGTON A new government report shows that shedding a light on nursing home practices may help improve patient care. The Bush administration findings show improvement in key measurements of nursing home
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Leaders of the British Medical Association Scotland call for better labelling on alcohol.
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LONDON, Dec 27  - The Alzheimer's Society charity  has backed British government proposals to issue dementia  sufferers with tracking devices if patients agree.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults who are prone to emotional distress may have an increased risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests.
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Walking can reduce the risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to a new study by a University of Virginia School of Medicine research team.
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A nice cup of tea might just be what the doctor ordered to improve your memory and protect against Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to new research.
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The government should be doing much more to prevent ageism, says research by Help the Aged.
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How to prevent a sticky gunk from clogging up, and probably killing, brain cells is the newest focus in the fight against Alzheimerâs disease.
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Virginia&#39;s mental health care system is plagued by bed shortages, aging state hospitals and inadequate staffing. Faced with all that, the short 2005 session of the General