Dementia and Alzheimer's disease in Australia is a major health issue. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia in Australia. Dementia...
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia...
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is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia; it usually occurs in old age. Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD or EOFAD for early...
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dementia (LBD) is an umbrella term for two similar and common subtypes of dementia: dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD)...
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (redirect from Dementia pugilistica)
thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia. Most documented cases have occurred in athletes involved in striking-based...
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Several diseases and injuries to the brain, such as a stroke, can give rise to dementia. However, the most common cause is Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative...
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Alzheimer's disease and other dementias Diarrheal diseases Diabetes Kidney diseases Seven of the main causes of death are non-communicable diseases....
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lifestyle. In 2013, coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death in 8,750 women, mainly as a result of their lifestyle. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease...
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Alzheimer’s disease. Representatives from existing Alzheimer associations in the USA (Alzheimer’s Association), UK (Alzheimer’s Society), Australia (Dementia Australia)...
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dementia is Alzheimer's disease, followed by frontotemporal dementia, and vascular dementia, with Alzheimer's disease accounting for between 40 and 50%...
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There are very few qualitative differences between alcohol dementia and Alzheimer's disease and it is therefore difficult to distinguish between the two...
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Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is a multisite study that aims to improve clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's...
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encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD). The first symptom of CJD is usually rapidly progressive dementia, leading to memory...
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Parkinson's disease dementia, falls and neuropsychiatric problems such as sleep abnormalities, psychosis, mood swings, or behavioral changes may also arise in advanced...
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Memantine (category Treatment of Alzheimer's disease)
receptor antagonists and memantine treatment for Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson's disease". Curr Alzheimer Res. 9 (6): 746–758....
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plaques. "Who are we". Dementia Australia Research Foundation. Dementia Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2018. "History". McCusker Alzheimer's Research Foundation...
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Organic brain syndrome (redirect from Organic brain disease)
disorders Alzheimer's disease (also called senile dementia, Alzheimer's type) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Diffuse Lewy Body disease Huntington's disease Multiple...
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Brexpiprazole (category Treatment of Alzheimer's disease)
with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. In Australia and the European Union, brexpiprazole is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia. In 2020...
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Type 3 diabetes (category Alzheimer's disease)
a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease and some other dementias, causes of Alzheimer's disease are likely to be much more complex than...
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Hazel Hawke (category Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in Australia)
publicise a fund for supporting Alzheimer's sufferers that she had jointly set up with Alzheimer's Australia. In 2004, Hazel Flynn and Hawke's daughter Susan Pieters-Hawke...
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Souvenaid (category Alzheimer's disease)
is a dietary supplement in the form of a thick, yogurt-like drink that is marketed as helping people with Alzheimer's disease. It contains a mixture of...
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of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Vol 11, No. 2. Cover and page 2. (2008). On the cover. The Canadian Review of Alzheimer's disease and other...
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Fatal insomnia (category Rare diseases)
problems, and dementia. It results in death within a few months to a few years, and there is no known disease-modifying treatment. The disease has four...
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conditions in which mitochondrial dysfunction has been involved include: ALS Alzheimer's disease, Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, aging and senescence...
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ALS (redirect from Lou Gehrigs disease)
common motor neuron disease in adults and the third most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Worldwide the...
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Cerebrolysin (section Dementia)
indicate a possible improvement in cognitive function using cerebrolysin for vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease, although further high-quality research...
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(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), autism, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, and concussions". In 2016, LearningRx settled with the FTC by agreeing...
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in an aged care home (also called 'respite care'). Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Dementia and Alzheimer's disease in Australia "What...
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Sam Gandy (category Alzheimer's disease researchers)
biologist, Alzheimer's disease (AD) researcher and expert in the metabolism of the sticky substance called amyloid that clogs the brain in patients with...
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