A Bad Night’s Sleep Could Increase Chances for Dementia
A bad night’s sleep might be more costly than being tired the next day and suffering through the work day. Researchers have found that getting a good night’s sleep could help prevent dementia, according to a recent study out of Wheaton College in Illinois. While...
Alzheimer’s Disease with Psychosis
A recent study found that Alzheimer’s patients with psychosis were misdiagnosed with another form of dementia 24% of the time, which is nearly double what it was originally thought to be. Many people do not realize that psychosis does have a link to Alzheimer’s, even...
Fat Deposits Found in the Brains of Alzheimer’s Patients
Alzheimer’s was first described by Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and pathologist in 1906 as the loss of neurons in the cerebral cortex along with hippocampal atrophy, which in turn causes cognitive impairment. Today, over 47.5 million people worldwide suffer...