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Isabel Sutton • Dementia is not a death. For some, it marks a new beginning | Psyche Ideas
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare and lethal infiltration that brought with it a prognosis of only several months and the looming shadow of swift neurologic decline.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
have grown demented
Vladimir Nabokov • Selected Poems
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE—A progressive brain disease leading to memory loss, interference with thinking abilities, and other losses of mental powers. Brain cells show degenerative damage. Neurons that use the neurotransmitter acetylcholine are most affected.
Dr. Ray Sahelian • Mind Boosters
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a progressive deterioration in mental functioning first described by Alois Alzheimer in 1907, affects more than 4 million Americans.
Dr. Ray Sahelian • Mind Boosters
Skittle Factory Dementia Monkey Titty Monetization
Our most surprising finding was a white spot in the left frontal lobe of the cortex, in a region called Broca’s area. In this case the change in color meant that there was a significant decrease in that part of the brain.