Showing posts with label brain disorders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain disorders. Show all posts

Monday, May 26, 2014

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

What is Momentia?

What is Momentia?

What is momentia?

Momentia is a joyful proclamation. Momentia declares the new dementia story, a story not of fear, isolation, despair, futility and loss, but a story of hope, connection, growth, purpose and courage.

Momentia affirms a story told by the lips and lives of people living with dementia, a story of living fully and boldly in the moment.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Difference Found in Brain Area Linked to Memory Among College Football Players

Preliminary research finds that within a group of collegiate football players, those who experienced a concussion or had been playing for more years had smaller hippocampal volume (an area of the brain important for memory) than those with fewer years of football experience.

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This according to a study in the May 14 issue of JAMA.

In addition, more years of playing football was correlated with slower reaction time.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Lewy Body Dementia Assoc Skips the ‘Sugar & Spice’ in a Mother’s Day Wish to Heroic Mom-Partner-Caregivers of People with LBD

Tenacity, Love, and Self-Sacrifice… Patience and Kindness and All That’s Nice— That’s the Stuff that Heroines Are Made Of

Today, the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announces, as an extension of its Lewy Who? awareness campaign, a month-long salute to and continued support for Mom-Partner-Caregivers of family members with Lewy body dementia.

Lewy Body Dementia Assoc Skips the ‘Sugar & Spice’

Affecting more than 1.3 million Americans, Lewy body dementia (LBD) is the most misdiagnosed form of dementia and, following Alzheimer’s disease, is the second most common cause of progressive dementia.

So, why recognize moms?

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Alzheimer's - the long goodbye

You have probably heard this term - the long goodbye - used quite often in relation to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Quote What is you were the person living with dementia

What if you were the person with dementia?


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