Alzheimer’s Dementia Alzheimer ’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that damages and eventually destroys brain cells‚ leading to memory loss and changes in thinking and other brain functions. It usually develops slowly and gradually gets worse as more brain cells wither and die. Ultimately‚ Alzheimer ’s is fatal‚ and currently‚ there is no cure. Alzheimer ’s disease is the most common type of dementia‚ a general term used to describe various diseases and conditions that
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5/11/2011 Epilepsy Guide: Causes‚ Symptoms and … Home › Harvard Health Topics A-Z › Epilepsy Epilepsy What Is It? Epilepsy is a nervous system condition. It causes repeated‚ sudden‚ brief changes in the brain’s electrical activity. These changes cause various types of symptoms. Epileptic episodes are called seizures or convulsions. During a seizure‚ brain cells fire uncontrollably at up to four times their normal rate. Seizures temporarily affect the way a person behaves‚ moves‚ thinks
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A cervical disk neurosurgeon knows degeneration of the discs in a patient’s neck can be upsetting‚ as in addition to neck pain‚ symptoms may include radiating shoulder pain that moves toward the arms‚ muscle spasms and numbness. A herniated desk‚ spondylosis or narrowing of the cervical disk calls for surgery if initial treatments‚ such as physical therapy and corticosteroid injections‚ do not relieve pain. Discs ask like shock absorbers for the spine’s vertebrae and when deteriorating or ruptured
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The Alzheimer’s Association is a non-profit organization‚ while Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is a for-profit organization. Even though the two are different entities and‚ each has their own business ethics and morals‚ they are similar in some ways; both have a mission to help people and both have faced challenges since their beginning. In regards to The Alzheimer’s Association‚ the organization was formed on April 10‚ 1980‚ with Jerome H. Stone as founding president. As of today‚ the organization has 11
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The Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease You may not see a lot of difference between these two pictures but I do. Because this picture on your left is my grandfather before Alzheimer’s and the one on the right is after. So I see a major difference between the two‚ to me they are completely different people. The reason you don’t see the change I do is because Alzheimer’s affects the brain in ways that brings on severe memory loss. This is why we need more funding into the research for a cure of Alzheimer’s
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Dementia awareness 1.1 The term ‘dementia’ is used to describe a number of symptoms including memory loss‚ problems communicating and reasoning. It also affects a person’s ability to perform every day activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ cooking and generally caring for themselves. 1.2 The key functions that are affect by dementia include: * Frontal lobe- This part of the brain is responsible for problem solving‚ making decisions‚ controlling behaviour and emotions * Temporal
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Banning 1 Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer’s afflicts about four million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Furthermore it is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and the reason for a high percentage of admissions in nursing homes‚ assisted living homes‚ and other long term elderly care facilities. Most patients found with this disease are affected by hallucinations and
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Parkinson’s Disease goes as far back as the 12th century B.C king Drooling described symptoms of the disease but was not documented until 1817 by James Parkinson. The term parkinsonism[->0] is used for a motor syndrome[->1] whose main symptoms are tremor at rest‚ stiffness‚ slowing of movement and postural instability. Parkinson’s disease causes neuropsychiatric disturbances‚ which include mainly cognition‚ mood and behavior problems‚ and can be as disabling as motor symptoms. Most people with Parkinson’s
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Chapter 19 CNS Stimulants CLASS | MOA | NURSING DX | INDICATIONS | AE/SE | CONTRA | CUATION | INTERACTIONS | Analeptics | Stimulate resp center of brain CV system by the carotid arteries and upper aorta | Disturbed sleep pattern‚ ineffective breathing pattern‚ imbalanced nutrition | Narcolepsy‚ sleep apnea‚ resp. depression‚ deug-induced resp. depression‚ fatigue(caffine) | Excessive CNS stimulation‚ headache‚ dizziness‚ apprehension‚ disorientation‚ insominia‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ cough‚ dyspnea
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INTRODUCTION Although EEG is designed to record cerebral activity‚ it also records electrical activities arising from sites other than the brain. These unwanted chunks of electrical activity are termed artifacts and may be divided into physiological and non-physiological artifacts. Physiological artifacts are generated from sources other than the brain (i.e.‚ any other part of the body like the eyes‚ other voluntary and involuntary muscles) and involve head or limb motion and muscular tension. On
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