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  1. Emergency ID - For Those at Risk of Dementia

    Emergency ID - For Those at Risk of Dementia
    The common perception of dementia only beginning to affect people in the latter stages of their life has been disproved by recent research. A study, published in the science journal, Neurology, has uncovered the existence of a gene that may predispose people to many forms of dementia (including Alzheimer’s Disease) from as young as three years old. Researchers from Yale, Hawaii, and Harvard universities have combined to discover that those with the APOEe4 gene mutation have a heightened chance of developing dementia later in life by a factor of fifteen. They tend to score less well on memory and cognitive tests with the areas of the brain most affected by Alzheimer’s Disease — such as the hippocampus — reduced by as much as 22 percent.Emergency ID - For Those at Risk of Dementia / Mediband Blog The research has been described as a breakthrough in dementia as it helps identify those who are more likely to contract the disease and will help target treatment towards reversing the problems associated with the gene mutation. The researchers claim that children identified with the gene may now be given early education assistance. For these children, there will be a focus on monitoring health and an increase in daily exercise to mitigate the effects of dementia-related diseases of the brain such as Alzheimer’s, which is the most common form of dementia. Continue reading →

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