Although Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, there are other types of mentaly debilitating diseases that followunder the dementia heading. Here are just a few: Vascular or multi-infarct dementia This type of dementia is similar to Alzheimer’s disease and runs a close second in terms of how often it strikes when compared to Alzheimer’sdisease. Symptoms are the common loss of memory, difficulty following instructions, as well as confusion. Although it causes a steady decline in cognitive abilities, [...]
The numbers are in and it is frightning…one out of ten people over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, in a recent statistic polls, 5.3 million Americans suffer one way or the other from this dreaded progressive disease. Out of that 5.3 million Americans, 200,000 are ages 30-50. Below is some information that you will find useful about this disease. What is Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative problem characterized by memory loss as well as [...]