By Jane Feinmann Last updated at 12:42 AM on 19th July 2011 For the last four years of his life, TV actor Peter Falk, who died in June aged 83, suffered from severe Alzheimer’s disease. Tragically, his family revealed that he was even unable to recall his most famous role...
By MyHealthNewsDaily Staff updated 10/4/2011 7:27:53 PM ET In some cases, Alzheimer’s disease may in fact be the result of an infection, and may even be transmissible, a new study in mice suggests. In the study, mice injected with human brain tissue from Alzheimer’s patients developed Alzheimer’s disease. The mice...
By Geir Bjørklund The British physician James Parkinson reported in a publication in 1817 the clinical symptomatology in paralysis agitans or shaking palsy. The name of this disorder today is Parkinson’s disease (PD). Parkinsonism is characterized by hypokinesia, rigidity, tremor, symptoms from the vegetative nervous system, and in some cases...
By Tony Bartelme The Post and Courier Sunday, October 28, 2007 Every week on average, Dr. Timothy Callaghan and Dr. Allan Liebermann see two or three patients with mercury-related illnesses. Some patients arrive at their clinic in North Charleston complaining about nerve disorders, numbness in their limbs or high blood...
By Dr. Samuel Milham, Washington State Department of Health Historical Evidence That Electrification Caused The 20th Century Epidemic of “Diseases of Civilization” The slow spread of residential electrification in the US in the first half of the 20th century from urban to rural areas resulted by 1940 in two large...
Excerpt: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the famous New York Yankee baseball player, is a rare condition, characterized by deterioration of both upper and lower motor neurons. It has in incidence of about 2.4 per 100,000 popu- lation per year with peak onset between...
By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:29pm EST (Reuters) – Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to say they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss. The Food and Drug Administration...
It appears that some cases of Alzheimer’s are more like an infectious disease. Scientists placed diseased brain matter in mice who later developed the disease. The question of its transmissible qualities were also questioned in the documentary Under Our Skin. Many who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, especially younger patients,...
New research into antipsychotic drugs commonly prescribed to Alzheimer’s patients concludes that the medication nearly doubles risk of death over 3 years. Guidelines recommend only using them for short periods of time. New research into the effects of antipsychotic drugs commonly prescribed to Alzheimer’s patients concludes that the medication nearly...
