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New Milford NJ, a 69-year-old man with dementia miraculously survived a three-story fall from a window at Care One in New Milford, authorities reported.
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Ridgewood NJ, the prevalence of dementia in the United States is set to rise dramatically in the coming decades. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine, the number of Americans diagnosed with dementia each year is projected to double, reaching approximately 1 million annual cases by 2060—a significant increase from around 500,000 in 2020.
The research highlights that two in five adults over the age of 55 will develop some form of dementia during their lifetime, underscoring a growing public health challenge tied to an aging population and lifestyle factors.
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Ridgewood NJ, a study has identified blood proteins that appear to predict the risk of developing dementia up to 15 years before diagnosis. High levels of the blood proteins GFAP, NEFL, GDF15, and LTBP2 are strongly associated with dementia. Blood levels of these proteins can be outside of normal ranges more than 10 years before symptom onset. The findings, once validated, may lead to the development of blood tests that identify people at risk of developing dementia.
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Nutley NJ, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Eisai Inc. and Biogen Inc. are honored to announce today that TIME has selected LEQEMBI® (lecanemab-irmb) as one of the Best Inventions of 2023 in the Medical Care category.
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Glen Rock NJ, on Wednesday January 4th at 11:01 PM ,relatives of a 73-year-old Glen Rock resident reported that the resident, who suffers from dementia, was missing following their discharge from Hackensack University Medical Center. Through investigation, with the assistance of the Lodi Police Department, officers were able to locate the resident at a supermarket in Lodi. They were found to be unharmed and were reunited with family members. Their vehicle was later located in Fair Lawn.
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Ridgewood NJ, scientists have developed a blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease without the need for brain imaging or a lumbar puncture. The antibody-based blood test could enable faster diagnosis of the disease and faster initiation of therapy. It detects a particular form of protein that is specifically related to Alzheimer’s disease. The test still needs to be validated with a broader range of patients.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police Department report that the missing person 86 year old female Sandra “Sandy” Chanoch has been found . She was reported missing after being last seen wearing a Black shirt and maroon pants leaving the Stable (259 north maple Avenue) at approximately 1100 am yesterday . Party has dementia.
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Ridgewood NJ, a novel nasal spray designed to prevent the neurodegeneration associated with dementia has shown promising results in mouse studies. The spray is a combination of two pre-existing drugs. Mice with neurodegenerative diseases showed improved cognition and less accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain after the spray was intranasally administered five times a week for a month. The combination of drugs was more effective at preventing neurodegeneration than each drug by itself. Human trials will start soon in several countries, including Japan and the US.
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Englewood NJ, according to the Englewood police Ruben Wilson is still missing after one year . Police say Wilson was last seen wearing burgundy-colored pants and a New York Yankees baseball cap, according to a flyer the Englewood Police distributed. He is 6 feet tall and about 240 pounds. Mr. Wilson suffers from dementia .
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May 31, 2016 6:08 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New research is warning about a possible link between a very common allergy medicine and dementia.
CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reported that long-term use of an antihistamine known as diphenhydramine, which is commonly sold as Benadryl and included in many over-the-counter medications for cold and allergies, may increase the risk of dementia and even cause irreparable harm.
Diphenhydramine, which also causes drowsiness, is in popular sleep aids such as Tylenol PM, Advil PM, and ZZZQuil.
“I would take these medications myself only very rarely and I will try at all costs to avoid taking them for a long term,” Stanford psychiastrist Barbara Sommer said.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/31/study-benadryl-dementia/
Those suffering from cancer, dementia and mental health problems can benefit from gardening, according to health thinktank
Doctors should prescribe gardening far more often for patients with cancer, dementia and mental health problems, the NHS has been urged in a new report.
Outdoor spaces including gardens can reduce social isolation among older people as well as help patients recover and manage conditions such as dementia, according to the influential King’s Fund health thinktank.
Jane Ellison, the public health minister, backed the plan, which could see GPs in particular advising patients to spend more time outside as a way of alleviating their symptoms. “[Gardening] is profoundly good for you … [it] is a great way of keeping people active, of keeping them outside and keeping their sense of wellbeing very high,” she said. “There are things we can do around physical activity in particular that bring immediate payback … I’m trying to put this right across the agenda of dementia and cancer.”
Parts of the country are already investing in this more social approach to health at primary care level and in some places, such as the Bromley by Bow Centre in London, GPs are already prescribing gardening. Such schemes have been proven to reduce patients’ need to see a GP or attend A&E, enhance wellbeing and even promote better sleep.
Group homes for patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia are expected to undergo more-rigorous scrutiny under a new law that was spurred by reports of patients wandering away or falling while unsupervised.
Under the measure signed by Governor Christie on Monday, such homes will be regulated as health care facilities by the State Department of Health, instead of as boarding homes under state housing officials. The homes, typically in residential neighborhoods, represent a relatively new niche in the elder-care market.
The law will take effect in June. One of the bill’s sponsors, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, said the new provisions will allow families of dementia patients in group homes to have “peace of mind knowing they’re getting the best care possible.”
As of last December, 24 dementia-care group homes were operating in New Jersey. Such facilities typically employ nurses and aides to take care of patients, and advertise themselves as a more home-like alternative to nursing homes.
Group homes for dementia patients have been regulated by the state Department of Community Affairs, whose inspectors are trained to monitor building and safety issues. The law’s sponsors argued that the facilities should be treated more like nursing homes and subject to the same kinds of regulations and oversight, with reviews conducted by people with medical expertise.
Under the new law, each group home will be required to get a new license as a “dementia care home” through the Department of Health.