All tag results for 'dementia'

Bobby Womack, soul singing legend, has been diagnosed with early Alzheimer's!

Oh no! That's so sad.

We previously mentioned that Womack had just survived colon cancer and some pretty bad pneumonia.

It's only the very beginning but the dementia can rapidly progress and get much worse in a short amount of time.

Womack said:

Tags: alzheimers, alzheimers disease, bobby womack, cancer, dementia, doctor, early alzheimers disease, health, pneumonia, singer, soul

Carey Mulligan is not only an absolutely gorgeous lady…

She's a philanthropist too!

Carey was a guest at the ASMALLWORLD gala dinner at Gstaad Palace Hotel in Switzerland where she helped raise $95,000 to fight dementia!

Tags: alzheimers, carey mulligan, charity, dementia, dinner, donations, fight, help

A 3 year study in Amsterdam has found that senior citizens who experience loneliness were more likely to experience dementia than seniors who lived alone.

The research studied over 2,200 older adults living in Amsterdam, ages 65 go 85, who showed no signs of dementia and were not living in nursing homes or "retirement communities". Two thirds of the people studied were women.

The study ultimately concluded that

Tags: dementia, fit, health, living alone, loneliness, mental health, senior citizens, study

Your feline's aging process just got a bit more inneresting…

Japanese scientists have studied wild cats and found that they have the same proteins in their brains as humans with Alzheimer's disease.

So your old cranky cat that wanders around aimlessly could actually be stricken with the mental health disease.

Tags: alzheimers, cat, dementia, disease, dog, proteins, study, university of california davis

In fact, in a new study, Omega-3 supplements had little or no real effect on cognitive abilities and those tested didn't perform better on standard tests of mental abilities, memory or verbal fluency than those who took placebos.

Bummer!

But that doesn't mean that's the final word

Tags: benefit, benefits, blood, blood pressure, dementia, diet, exercise, fish, heart, natural, new study, omega 3, research, researchers, study, weight

The parade of accusers continues and there are still more victims to take the stand in the trial against Jerry Sandusky.

Victim 5 took that stand and told how when he was 11, he used to feel uncomfortable in the shower when he could feel Sandusky leering at him.

Sandusky would insist on soaping him down and washing his hair even though the boy tried to squirm away.

Victim 5 said:

Tags: abuse, boy, court, dementia, janitor, jerry sandusky, judge, legal, life, men, sex, shower, sick, trial, victims

Carey Mulligan will front a PR campaign for the Alzheimer's Society in an attempt to raise awareness.

During Dementia Awareness Week, Carey will try and bring the condition to light, as it affects one in

Tags: age, aging, awareness, campaign, carey mulligan, condition, dementia, diagnosed, disease, family, help, organization, people