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Memory Improvement Facts For All! » Memory Loss Causes — Dementia …
Written on 4 Oct, 2010 at 1:41 in Alzheimer's | viewed times | 0 Comments
Treatable Causes of Dementia While there are causes of dementia we can’t really treat (Alzheimer’s, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson’s, Lewy Body, and Creutzfedt-Jakob disease) there are a great many that we can identify, treat and have success with reversing. The critical thing is... (Continue reading)
congestive heart failure…?
Written on 25 Jul, 2010 at 0:00 in Alzheimer's | viewed times | 0 Comments
someone dear to me has alzheimers, and is showing all the signs of congestive heart failure, how long can they last without treatment? does alzheimers make it worse? ... (Continue reading)
Effort to reduce hospital readmissions kicks off in New Jersey
Written on 19 Jun, 2010 at 9:00 in Hospice Care | viewed times | 0 Comments
Increased safety and reduced costs are driving an effort by the New Jersey Hospital Association to slash readmission rates for heart failure patients across the state, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. The plan mirrors similar efforts recently launched in Southeastern... (Continue reading)
Racial Differences in Hospice Use | Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs
Written on 11 May, 2010 at 16:00 in Hospice Care | viewed times | 5 Comments
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — White heart failure patients use hospice 50 percent more than blacks and Hispanics, a new study reveals. Hospice is a place for patients whose doctors have given them six months or less to live. The purpose of... (Continue reading)
Aricept as a treatment for Alzheimer’s, does it help anybody?
Written on 4 May, 2010 at 22:00 in Alzheimer's | viewed times | 0 Comments
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and her doctors put her on Aricept. I don’t think it helped at all. I doubt if she had Alzheimer’s because she started to get dementia after she had a bout of congestive... (Continue reading)