Dementia is a condition marked by impaired brain function and is a complication associated with certain medical condition. Alzheimer’s disease is one type of dementia, which tends to get worse with time. Alzheimer’s disease can affect one’s thinking ability, behavior and memory. Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease occurs when the patients is experiencing symptoms like problems in speaking, memory impairment, lacking the ability of taking decisions, loss of judging power, change in personality etc. Alzheimer’s disease can be of three types early-onset, late-onset and familial. In this article we have discussed about these 3 types of the disease. Early onset AD: It is a rare type of the disease. Alzheimer’s disease occurring in individuals below the age of 65 years is referred to as early onset AD. Around 10 percent of all the cases of Alzheimer’s disease are of early onset type. People suffering from Down syndrome, a condition marked by premature aging are at higher risk of developing  [...]

A latest study has revealed that those women, who regularly took up laborious exercises like running, swimming or aerobics for a period of decades or so, incurred a major slump in memory, remembering skills along with other key functions. This comes out as a vociferous warning to female marathon runners amongst others engaging in physically taxing activities for extended periods of time. It has been proven that restrained form of moderate exercises like golf, volleyball, softball, quick walking or cycling on even levelled streets, aid in honing mental skills in women. Researcher Mary C. Tierney, a PhD holder of University of Toronto was of the viewpoint that many people think that if a small amount of exercise is good then a significant amount would be even better, which is not right. This finding was presented at the Alzheimer’s Association 2009 International Conference by Tierney who revealed that breast cancer risk reduced when moderate exercise was employed and was further  [...]