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Dementia

Health information topics about Dementia:

Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Dementia
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003704&recruiting...

Coping

    1. Dementia, Caregiving, and Controlling Frustration
    Family Caregiver Alliance
    http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=891

Diagnosis/Symptoms

    1. Tau/Amyloid Beta 42 Peptide Test (Alzheimer Biomar
    American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/tau/test.html

    2. ApoE (Apolipoprotein E) Genotyping
    American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/apoe/test.html

    3. Alzheimer's Disease Info: Questions to Ask t
    Administration on Aging
    http://www.aoa.gov/alz/public/alzcarefam/disease_info/questions_to_ask.asp

    4. Stages of Dementia
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00208

Dictionaries/Glossaries

    1. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Glossary
    Alzheimer's Association
    http://www.alz.org/Resources/Glossary.asp

Directories

    1. Find a Neurologist
    American Academy of Neurology
    http://www.aan.com/public/find.cfm

Disease Management

    1. Dementia: Info and Advice for Caregivers
    American Academy of Family Physicians
    http://familydoctor.org/585.xml

    2. Caregiver's Guide to Understanding Dementia B
    Family Caregiver Alliance
    http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=391

Genetics

    1. Genetics Home Reference: CADASIL
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=cadasil

National Institutes of Health

    1. Dementias: Hope through Research
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/alzheimersdisease/detail_alzheimersdisea...

    2. Forgetfulness: It's Not Always What You Think
    National Institute on Aging
    http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/forgetfulness.asp

Nutrition

    1. Making the Decision: Tube Feeding--Frequently Aske
    Brown University, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research
    http://www.chcr.brown.edu/dying/CONSUMERFEEDINGTUBE.HTM

Organizations

    1. American Geriatrics Society

    http://www.americangeriatrics.org/

    2. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and S

    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

    3. National Institute on Aging

    http://www.nia.nih.gov/

Overviews

    1. JAMA Patient Page: Dementia
    American Medical Association
    http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZQC5AHB0E&sub_...

    2. Dementia
    Family Caregiver Alliance
    http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=569

    3. Dementia: It's Not Always Alzheimer's
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AZ00003

Related Issues

    1. Sexuality and Dementia
    Family Caregiver Alliance
    http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=677

    2. Memory Loss - Should I Be Concerned?
    American Geriatrics Society
    http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/forum/memoloss.shtml

    3. JAMA Patient Page: Delirium
    American Medical Association
    http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZDDBFK4TD&sub_...

    4. Hallucinations: A Symptom of Dementia?
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00109

    5. Dementia & Driving
    Family Caregiver Alliance
    http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=432

Research

    1. Recovery from Dementia: An Interesting Case
    American Academy of Neurology
    http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/64/4/E18

    2. Estrogen-Alone Hormone Therapy Could Increase Risk
    National Institute on Aging
    http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/nia-22.htm

Specific Conditions

    1. Sundowning: Late-Day Confusion in People with Deme
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01463

    2. Pick's Disease
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/picks/picks.htm

    3. Multi-Infarct Dementia
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multi_infarct_dementia/multi_infarct_dem...

    4. Frontotemporal Dementia
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00541

    5. Dementia Explained: Parkinson Disease Dementia, Le
    National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
    http://www.parkinson.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=108269&ct=89...

    6. Binswanger's Disease
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/binswangers/binswangers.htm

Women

    1. FDA Updates Hormone Therapy Information for Post M
    Food and Drug Administration
    http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/new01022.html

    2. Rates of Dementia Increase among Older Women on Co
    National Institute on Aging
    http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2003/nia-27.htm


 



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