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UCSF and YouTube Partner Up for Education on Dementia

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2008-06-17 21:11:36 by jhbarad in Medgadget
 
...dementia (e.g: Fronto-temporal dementia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, dementia with Lewy bodies) often go undiagnosed due to a lack of information and exposure The site's goal is to get doctors, patients, and caregivers to recognize early signs of the different diseases so that patients can more rapidly get enrolled in important clinical...
 
Tags: ucsf, youtube, ucsf physicians, dementia, ucsf memory, youtube ceo, youtube channel, channel, channel yesterday
 
 
 
 
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Bright Lights Help Dementia Sufferers

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2008-06-11 08:55:30 by Michael in Medgadget
...dementia patients. They say that the light produces positive effects similar to common drugs taken by such patients From Bloomberg : "On the whole, light treatment could have clinically beneficial effects,'' the authors said in the paper. "The long- term application of whole-day bright light did not have adverse effects, on the contrary, and...
 
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GPS to Track Alzheimers Sufferers

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2007-12-27 04:46:12 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...dementia sufferers get lost when they take a walk and that technology might help to find them when they do. RFID tags could sound an alarm when they dodder out of range, or the oldsters could be tracked with GPS Somebody will still be needed to rescue them, though: If grandma can't remember her name, then she certainly won't be able to...
 
Tags: care, real professional care, dementia sufferers, medical ethics editor, rfid tags, streets, tags, streets safely, tom tom
 
 
 
 
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Infrared Helmet to Stave Off Alzheimer's

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2008-01-25 21:07:21 by Josh in Medgadget
...dementia - such as memory loss and anxiety - after only four weeks Alzheimer's disease charities last night described the treatment as "potentially life- changing" - but stressed that the research was still at the very early stages The helmet is the creation of Dr Gordon Dougal, a director of Virulite, a medical research company based in...
 
Tags: helmet, memory loss, reverse memory loss, reverse, alzheimer, hat, hat tip, brain cells, cells
 
 
 
 
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MEMENTO Memory LifeBook Concept

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2008-05-12 18:59:48 by Michael in Medgadget
...dementia, which can help with communication, memorizing events in one's life, and keeping tabs on important to-do's and objects that need to be kept in mind More about the device: MEMENTO Memory LifeBook is designed as a "wearable mobile product solution" to serve as a multi-faceted holistic mobile memory aid device as well as providing a...
 
Tags: memento memory lifebook, memento, product design student, product, personal assistance device, device, peter sin guili, elderly individuals, elderly
 
 
 
 
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Lyall Watson, bleeding edge investigator par excellence, is dead

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2008-08-05 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...dementia, said Katherine Lyall-Watson, his niece Mr. Watson, whose interests and academic degrees embraced animal behavior, anthropology, chemistry, botany and geology, chafed at the limitations of traditional science, which he considered inadequate to address the mysteries of the natural world. His restless mind and wanderlust led him on...
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: 'Tivo neurons' This is your brain on 'The Simpsons'

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2008-09-05 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...dementia, some experts said, as well as help explain how some memories seemingly come out of nowhere. The researchers were even able to identify specific memories in subjects a second or two before the people themselves reported having them This is what I would call a foundational finding, said Michael J. Kahana , a professor of psychology at...
 
Tags: brain, neurons, brain activity, previous memory research, spontaneous memory, memory, research, episodic memory, hippocampus
 
 
 
 
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World's most therapeutic robot Paro set for U.S. Debut

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2008-04-09 12:33:27 by HASH0x8c705f0 in Fareastgizmos.com
...dementia. Paro shows various responses to people when they stroke or talk to it. The robot made its debut in Japan in 2005, and cumulative sales have exceeded 1,000 units In Japan, the therapeutic robot paro is used mainly at nursing care facilities. It is also rented for research purposes at medial and welfare institutions in Europe. The...
 
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Absinthe Is Just Booze

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2008-04-29 20:50:53 by Michael in Medgadget
...dementia However, the study found relatively small concentrations of thujone, amounts less than previously estimated and not sufficient to explain absinthism. Thujone levels in preban absinthe actually were about the same as those in modern absinthe, produced since 1988, when the European Union (EU) lifted its ban on absinthe production....
 
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Meet Newton: Household Robot from 1989

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2008-05-06 12:00:34 by