EXPOSED: "Scandalous Abuse" of the Elderly Being Killed With Psychiatric Medications
(NaturalNews) Elderly dementia patients are being subjected to "scandalous abuse" by being drugged with dangerous antipsychotic drugs, according to a letter by ten influential health organizations, published in The Daily Telegraph."[One hundred thousand] people with dementia in care homes are being inappropriately prescribed a damaging chemical cosh of antipsychotic drugs and new research suggests that there is a significant problem in hospitals too," the letter reads. "Antipsychotics should only ever be a last resort. This over prescription is abuse and it must stop. ... We cannot stand by while this scandalous abuse of vulnerable citizens continues." Although antipsychotic drugs are intended for people with medical conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and are not approve......
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More funding needed for dementia research
Report calls for more funding to be allocated to dementia research following the revelation that the condition costs the country £23bn per year (Source: Nursing in Practice)...
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Journal Scan: Association of a Functional Polymorphism in the Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) Gene With Memory Decline and Incidence of Dementia (JAMA 2010;303:150-158.)
This is a prospective cohort study comprising 608 community-dwelling adults without dementia, ages 70 years or older, from the Einstein Aging Study with CETP genotype available. Standardized neuropsychological and neurological measures were administered annually from 1994-2009. Linear mixed-effects . . . (Source: Cardiosource)...
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Hypothesis: intestinal barrier permeability may contribute to cognitive dysfunction and dementia
(Source: Age and Ageing)...
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Frequency of dementia, depression, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms in 1,449 outpatients with Parkinson’s disease
Abstract Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are of growing diagnostic and therapeutic importance. Data on
their prevalence and characteristics have been primarily derived from highly selective clinical populations. We have conducted
a national study in the outpatient care sector to provide a fuller characterization of the frequency of dementia, depression,
and other NPS in PD outpatients. We also examined associations with biosocial and neurological variables. A nationwide representative
sample of 1,449 PD outpatients was examined with a standardized clinical interview. PD severity was rated with the Hoehn and
Yahr (HY) scale and the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale. Depression was measured with the Montgomery-Asberg Depression
Rating S......
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Theta rhythm heterogeneity in humans
Rhythmic oscillatory activity within the theta frequency band (4–8Hz in humans; 4–12Hz in rodents) has long attracted attention, as it has been implicated in diverse brain functions. After Klimesch and colleagues reported experimental evidence showing that episodic memory processes are associated with activity within the theta band (), the existence of an association between theta rhythm and episodic memory in humans () and rodents () has become widely accepted. Episodic memory impairment is one of the most prevalent cognitive impairments in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (), and a subtle decline in episodic memory often occurs prior to the emergence of the full dementia syndrome in nondemented older adults who develop Alzheimer’s disease (). This pattern of episodic memory......
POSTED 02/05/2010 at 11:07 AM --
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UK Sanders-Brown to Host Seminar on Healthy Aging
The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the African-American Dementia Outreach Partnership will host a seminar on "Healthy Aging: Mind, Body and Spirit." The seminar begins at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the North Lexington Family YMCA, 381 W. Loudon Ave. in Lexington. Increasing awareness of this devastating disease of the brain is an important part of changing community behavior," said Deborah Danner, director of education for the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimers Disease Center. "Presentations in the community such as this one at the YMCA promote lifestyle modifications that increase the likelihood of maintaining a healthy brain. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)...
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Appetite-Related Hormone May Affect Dementia Risk [Clinical & Research News]
(Source: Psychiatr News)...
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Brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in older Japanese: Validation of the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Conclusion: The MoCA-J could be a useful cognitive test for screening MCI, and could be recommended in a primary clinical setting and for geriatric health screening in the community.. (Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology International)...
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The journey through Pick's Disease with a loved one: a personal account
Conclusion: Very little is known about Pick's disease. Additional research is needed to inform practice about tau protein dementias. (Source: International Nursing Review)...
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Tighter controls on GP out-of-hours services
DoH sets recommendations to improve quality and consistency of out-of-hours providersRelated items from OnMedicaChlamydia programme wasted money'Ditch' private management consultants from the NHSGovernment failing on dementia care Politicians back primary care as key to NHS survivalPractice Based Commissioning 'improves' patient experience (Source: OnMedica Latest News)...
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Families' and Professional Caregivers' Views of Using Advanced Technology to Track People With Dementia
in this study we examined the ethical aspects of the use of the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to track people with dementia. The findings are based on qualitative data gathered from focus groups of family and professional caregivers. The most important theme was the need to balance patients’ need for safety with the need to preserve their autonomy and privacy. The main potential benefit of the use of GPS was related to the peace of mind of the caregivers themselves. The findings also suggest that caregivers’ views change according to the locus of responsibility of the caregivers for the safety of people with dementia. The caregivers give preference to patients’ safety more than autonomy when they are responsible for the patients. When the patients are under the respons......
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Effects of bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and prevalent vertebral fractures on the risk of immobility
Conclusion These results indicate that low BMD and prevalent vertebral fracture pose an independent risk for future immobilization in
postmenopausal Japanese women.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ArticleDOI 10.1007/s00198-009-1121-9Authors
M. Shiraki, Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases Nagano JapanT. Kuroda, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Tokyo JapanY. Shiraki, Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases Nagano JapanC. Aoki, Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases Nagano JapanK. Sasaki, Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases Nagano JapanS. Tanaka, Kyoto University Division of Clinical Trial, Design and Management, Translational Research C......
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Age Concern And Help The Aged Comment On Dementia Research, UK
Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director for Age Concern and Help the Aged, said: 'The fact that dementia research remains so disproportionately underfunded will be deeply concerning to older people, their families and anyone who has experienced this cruel disease. 'The financial burden of this disease is already very high and this will increase further as the population ages unless we find a cure or learn how to prevent dementia. 'Dementia is not going to go away and it is therefore of paramount importance to both sufferers now and society as a whole, that we invest in research... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
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Age Concern And Help The Aged Comment On Dementia Research, UK
Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director for Age Concern and Help the Aged, said: 'The fact that dementia research remains so disproportionately underfunded will be deeply concerning to older people, their families and anyone who has experienced this cruel disease... (Source: Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today)...
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The dementia timebomb: Britain will soon have one million victims costing £23billion a year
One million Britons will be victims of dementia within 15 years, according to a shocking report. (Source: the Mail online | Health)...
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Dementia 'the greatest medical challenge of 21st century'
THE "dementia crisis" in the UK is far worse than feared and poses the "greatest medical challenge" of the 21st century, experts warn. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Paper round: Thursday
Vegetative patients communicated with, obese missing genes, and moreRelated items from OnMedicaEfforts to improve children’s health have made little differenceStroke strategy is improving services but not universallyLeading medical journal retracts controversial MMR studyWarning given over £23billion impact of dementia in UKSuicide rate high after prostate cancer diagnosis (Source: OnMedica Latest News)...
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Alzheimer's Research Trust report: Dementia 2010
Source: Alzheimer?s Research Trust
Area: News
The Alzheimer's Research Trust commissioned the Health Economics Research Centre at the University of Oxford to examine the economic cost of dementia to the UK, and the country's investment in research to find new treatments, preventions and cures. The report 'Dementia 2010' is the outcome of this research which noted the following:
. Over 820,000 people in the UK are living with Alzheimer's and other dementias.
. Dementia costs the UK economy £23 billion per year: more than cancer and heart disease combined.
. Dementia research is severely underfunded, receiving 12 times less support than cancer research.
The report concluded that "dementia is the greatest medical challenge of our t......
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More funding needed for dementia research – report
Dementia is more costly than cancer and heart disease combined but only receives a fraction of the funding, according to new report (Source: Management in Practice)...
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