Neuroscience
A new post at the New York Times blog, "The New Old Age":
November 23, 2011, 12:18 PM
It’s Mild Cognitive Impairment. Now What?
By PAULA SPAN
"How would you react to a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment — memory problems that allow you to continue normal daily activities, but presage an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a few years?"
Read the full post
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Neuroscience
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
A new post at the New York Times blog, "The New Old Age":
November 23, 2011, 12:18 PM
It’s Mild Cognitive Impairment. Now What?
By PAULA SPAN
"How would you react to a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment — memory problems that allow you to continue normal daily activities, but presage an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a few years?"
Read the full post
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Diagnostic Value Of Subjective Complaints
Understanding the relation between subjective complaints and objective performance findings is always a crucial factor in clinical assessment. It is a source of debate by clinicians and researchers and a literature has developed examining the issues that...
- Alzheimer's Disease (ad): Dementia Telephone Screening
Tomorrow's Sunday New York Times Magazine is its annual new ideas of the past year issue. Among the many shiny ideas presented is telephone screening for dementia: Alzheimer’s Telephone Screening By RON FEEMSTER The New York Times Published: December...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Mild Cognitive Impairment (mci) And Neuropsychological Testing
Belleville S, Chertkow H, & Gauthier S. Working memory and control of attention in persons with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology. 2007 Jul; 21(4): 458-469. Research CenterInstitut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal,...
- Abstract Of The Day: Mild Cognitive Impairment (mci) & Dementia
Hodges JR, Erzinclioglu S, & Patterson K. Evolution of Cognitive Deficits and Conversion to Dementia in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Very-Long-Term Follow-Up Study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2006 Apr 4; 21(5-6): 380-391...
- Donepezil, Vitamin E, And Mild Cognitive Impairment In Aging
The New England Journal of Medicine has made available on its website prepublication versions of the results of a large study relevant to aging, neuropsychological changes in aging, and the onset of dementia. It has also made available in the same format...