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Alzheimer’s Cures

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain illness that causes the victim to become confused and lose his cognitive functions. That means, as the disease progresses, he becomes unable to learn, think...

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Stages Of Alzheimers Disease

A condition that mainly affects the brain functions, Alzheimer’s disease is actually a form of dementia. A person has dementia when a complex group of conditions develops, causing the gradual...

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Prevention On Alzheimer

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative illness that results in the destruction of a person’s cognitive skills and abilities, including thinking, reasoning, learning and retention,...

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Alois Alzheimer

Alois Alzheimer. You may have heard of him. His name certainly occupies a top spot, being as it is attached to one of the most puzzling diseases to hit man.

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What Are The Stages Of Alzheimer's Disease?

You’ve probably done it yourself, more times than you care to count; forgetting what it was that you walked into the room to get.  Or how about all those times when you’ve set your keys down for just a...

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Comparison Of Asperger Syndrome With Autism

Asperger syndrome and autism display many similar features that my even cause the untrained eyes to see them as the same condition at times. However, for experts significant differences are clearly...

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Is Hospice The Right Treatment For Alzheimer?

Hospice is unfamiliar to a lot of people, and understandably so.  Rather than attempting to cure people, hospice attempts to make the last stages of an incurable disease as enjoyable as possible,...

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What Are The Signs Of Autism In Young Child?

Many parents of autistic children would say that although they have seen some unusual signs and have ideas that there is something wrong to their child, it is already too late when they have made an...

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Seven Tips For Safety Issues To Consider For Dementia And Alzheimer’s Sufferers

Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, which slowly and progressively reduces the patient’s ability to care for her or himself.  More and more dependent on caregivers, the patient will not only...

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What Questions You Need To Ask Your Doctor About Your Memory Related Problem

Going to see a doctor about a memory related problem can be a daunting and stressful process. Because there are so many different possible causes of memory loss, and because diagnoses of these problems...

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Preventative Measures Of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is a tragic degeneration of the memory and thinking portions of the brain.  Characterized by tangled fibers and protein clumps, which are only detectable after the patient passes...

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Valuable Information For Parents Having Child With Autism

For parents, having a child with autism can be both stressful and frustrating, especially if you can see other parents with normal children. However, no matter how hard you want your child to be normal...

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Drug Therapy Options For Alzheimer’s Patients

Drug therapy options for people with Alzheimer’s disease do not offer a cure for the disease itself, but they help patients cope with the symptoms and in some cases may temporarily slow down the...

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Disorders That Can Mimic Alzheimer’s Symptoms

Alzheimer’s disease is that dreaded condition under the umbrella of dementia illnesses that is most feared by patients.  More than four million United States citizens are affected by this...

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Are Depression And Anxiety Considered Disability

A prime concern in most of the social security disabilities is to know the criteria of disability. Whether people suffering from depression and anxiety are considered disable and whether such people...

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Learning Disability Tests

Learning disability tests help a person judge whether he is suffering from learning disabilities or not. There are many characteristics of learning disabilities like difficulty in doing mathematics,...

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Foot Disability

Foot disability in an individual affects his overall daily activities. Podiatric problems in people suffering from  Ehlers- Danlos syndrome (EDS) can be very serious. Such type of individuals find it...

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Fibromyalgia Disability

Fibromyalgia is a lasting painful illness that causes muscular pain, stiffness and fatigue. Fibromyalgia can affect any part of the body, but worst parts affected by this are neck, spine, shoulders,...

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Disability Allowance: Understanding The Various Clauses

It is the duty of a welfare state to take care of its citizens and provide all possible support and relief that they may require from time to time. It applies specifically to those who are socially,...

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Define Learning Disability

There are many kinds of learning disabilities that are common to many people around the globe and the definition for learning disability given or said by every other psychologist is different though in...

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Some Types Of Learning Disabilities

There are some types of learning disabilities that are very common among many people around the world. Some of the disabilities are sometimes not considered a mental disability since their impact is...

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Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities are a form of disability that makes a person unable to learn certain things. It is a psychological and neurological problem that can make a person suffer from reading...

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Clearing Some Myths Related To Downs Syndrome

Much has been said and written about Down's Syndrome. However, myths and fallacies surrounding it are still abound. Just to clear some of them:

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Types Of Disability

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), disability is a physical or mental impairment that has long term effect on a person's ability.

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9/11...The Terrible Tuesday Leaves Bleeding Souls Behind

The mass destruction of humanity on 9/11 raised hue and cry in all corners of the world. America is still in the trauma. But, who are in the real trauma is the big question? 

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