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Volunteers Needed for Alzheimer's Study
(Source: University of Michigan) - Researchers are conducting studies on an experimental medication to block nerve damage and inflammation in the brain that can lead to progressive memory loss and behavioral changes in people with Alzheimer's disease.
All Types of Antipsychotic Drugs Increase the Risk of Stroke
(Source: British Medical Journal) - Research has shown that second generation (atypical) anti-psychotic drugs can increase the risk of having a stroke. But the increased chances of stroke associated with first generation (typical) antipsychotics, and whether the risk differs in people with and without dementia, is not known.
How Do I Deal with Confabulations (Fibs)?
(Source: OurAlzheimer's.com) - Jymmie asked the experts at OurAlzheimer's.com: "My close friend of many years (age 55) has dementia. He seems to tell the people he is with at the time one story and others something different. He appears to be very sincere regardless of who he is talking to. He doesn't seem to realize that we all talk to one another.
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