FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — New research adds to the growing evidence that anesthesia and surgery may be associated with the progression of chronic brain diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Exposing Alzheimer’s patients to “humor therapy” appears as effective as psychiatric drugs in reducing the agitation that often plagues those struggling with dementia, new Australian research suggests.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — A loss of a sense of smell can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Abnormal Protein May Explain Loss of Smell With Alzheimer’s
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) — Almost one in every five patients with advanced Alzheimer’s or other form of severe dementia will be shuttled from a nursing home to a hospital during their last few months of life, a new U.S. study shows.
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The route for this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s was unveiled Wednesday morning at the Tifton Mall and Tifton Mayor Jamie Cater officially proclaimed Wednesday, Sept. 21 as Alzheimer’s Action Day in Tifton.
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Alzheimer’s Action Day