Delirium Accelerates Cognitive and Memory Decline in Alzheimer’s
According to research, Alzheimer’s disease patients who have an episode of delirium are significantly more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline and memory loss than Alzheimer’s patients who didn’t experience delirium. Delirium often develops in elderly patients during hospitalization or serious illness, and this acute state of confusion and agitation has long been suspected of [...]
Scientist Develops Blood Test to Predict Chances of Dementia
After Alzheimer’s, frontal lobe dementia (FTD) is the form of dementia that occurs most frequently in patients younger than 65. In FTD, the disease process starts in the frontal lobe where large numbers of brain cells begin to die off. The frontal lobe is the foremost part of the brain and constitutes about 30% of [...]
