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Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. It involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. People with Alzheimer's may have trouble with short-term memory or even the names of people they know and love. Over time, symptoms get worse and so far no treatment can stop the disease.

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How many cases of alzheimer's disease in the Philippines?

Alzheimer's Disease Association of the Philippines

St Luke's Medical Center

Medical Arts Bldg, Rm 410

E Rodriguez Sr Avenue, Quezon City

Philippines

Tel/fax: +632 723 1039

Email: adap@alzphilippines.com

Web: www.alzphilippines.com

Are there similarities of alzheimer's and parkinson's diseases?

Huntington's disease, also called Huntington's chorea, chorea major, or HD, is an inherited genetic neurological disorder characterized by abnormally uncoordinated, jerky body movements called chorea and a decline in some mental abilities, which can lead to affected aspects of behavior. As the disorder progresses, it can cause complications that significantly reduce life expectancy. Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills and speech, as well as other functions. It is characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia) and, in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement (akinesia). It is chronic and progressive. It can be primary or secondary to an injury.

Sinus rhythm with first degree AV block?

Any EKG should be thought of as a picture that directly represents electrical activity in the heart, which is causing physical or mechanical activity that can't be seen on the strip.

Sinus rhythms show up as P-waves, so this strip would have P-waves present. Normal P-waves face upward toward positive polarity. These sinus rhythms originate in the sinoatrial node (SA).

AV block means that the signal is not reaching the Atrioventricular node (AV). This shows up as an increase in the length & time between the P-wave and the R-wave.

The problem here is that due to something interfering with the electrical signal, the herat's ventricles are not pumping at the right time. This can be because of electrolyte imbalance (not enough or too much calcium, potassium and so forth), damaged heart muscle from myocardial infarction (heart attack), or due to medication side effects (especially heart medications like calcium channel blockers.

What does 'arth' mean in arthritis?

arthritis means inflammation of joint
Arthritis is a degenerative joint disease where the bodies immune system attacks the bones of the joints causing pain, inflammation, and mobility issues.

Does gospel singer Lee Williams the QC's have Alzeheimer's disease?

Lee Williams became the lead singer of the Lee Williams and The Spiritual QCâ??s in 1998. There is no mention of him suffering from the Alzheimer disease.

Your right foot is cold and your leg has pain and numbness in it also my right hand would go numb aswell?

All of these can be as a result of inflammation brought on by arthritis, however the only way to be sure is to get it checked out by a Rheumatologist and or a neurologist.

What are the disease that you get from eating junk food?

Junk food is bad for you because it's not healthy. Your body uses food and liquid as fuel. Eating junk food is like putting a bad fuel into your body. It's okay to eat a little bit of junk food once in a while, but eating a lot is going to cause problems. The body has to work extra hard and junk food causes a lot of bad things. You get more tired, and gain weight, but exercising and eating other healthy stuff well be fine!

What is that movie called about alzheimers?

"Away From Her" (2006). It starred Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie. A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man.

What theories are relevant to human growth and development and its affect on communication and language skills and abilities?

if somebody has not yet been able to develop a form of communication it could lead them to feel inadiquate frustrated and angry which could lead to severe challanging behaviour, or feeling withdrawn

What did Ronald Reagan die from?

Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the US, died on June 5, 2004 of pneumonia. After leaving office in 1989, he increasingly suffered from the effects of Alzheimer's Disease. He was 93 years old. (Only Gerald Ford, the 38th President, was older when he died.)

What are the duties and responsibilities of a Research assistant?

  1. Develop research protocol
  2. Collaboration with PI or Senior PRA
  3. Abstract Data from patient charts
  4. Validate quality of data elements/data editing
  5. Evaluate consistency of medical data
  6. Ad-hoc programming, as needed
  7. Diagnose and solve system/software problems, install applications software as related to research needs
  8. Provide computational research support
  9. Perform studies as related to research project
  10. Diagnose and problem solve as it relates to the research project
  11. Coordinate clinical trials
  12. Conduct screens and assays
  13. Recruit and enroll study participants
  14. Write protocols and informed consents
  15. Perform study scheduling
  16. Track patient participation
  17. Conduct literature searches
  18. Administer patient interviews and preparing assessments
  19. Preparation of tissues, cell cultures, blood samples, etc. for testing
  20. Training of laboratory personnel in experimentation techniques
  21. Conduct phage displays (bio-panning technologies)
  22. Measure and monitor gene expression (in mice)
  23. Microscopic analysis
  24. Assist core users with microarray analysis and images
  25. Animal care related to research procedures
  26. Perform recombinant DNA work
  27. Evaluation of receptor expression and virus susceptibility
  28. Sequence cloned genes
  29. Monitor cell interactions
  30. Modify, test, verify and analyze research data
  31. Prepare samples for analysis by various instrumentation
  32. Perform experiments
  33. Tabulate research data
  34. Record results of experiments
  35. Interview human subjects participating in a clinical trial
  36. Develop research survey, questionnaire, or tests
  37. Prepare research manuscripts and research presentations
  38. Develop and maintain research databases

What activities can help someone who has Alzheimer's disease?

As you probably know, there is no known cure Alzheimer's disease. But, one of the first things I would do, would be:

A) Bring pictures of the person or pictures of the family and go attempt to go over them every day (if possible.)

B) Maybe, make some flash cards with names of their friends or family and ask them if they know who it is, with a picture of them (if possible.)

C) Ask the doctor if they know any others things to do.

Good Luck!

Can a person who has sundowners syndrome get better?

No , My mom has sun downers syndrome and the Dr's has told me that we can't get better but we can slow it down to a crow. With the right food, herbs and vitamins we can slow it down and give her more time with us. But it can only be slowed down. I'm sorry I know that's not what you wonted to hear . Good luck and God Bless you and Yours

What do you do with a cut under your eye?

put 12 lizards in a glass cage and put your face in their uran and hold under there 4 2 hours if you dont we take your money

How do you act towards a person with a Korsakoff Syndrome?

You need to talk to a person with korsakoff normally but with an understanding that most things that you say may be forgotten to you need to repeat some things with that in mind, also you will need to understand that somethings that a sufferer have said may or may not be true about past life history etc.