One in four Americans fall each year but less than half tell their doctor. Your risk of falling doubles after your first fall. One in 10 falls requires medical attention, with over 3 million ER visits and 1 million hospitalizations each year for falls in elderly people. Some injuries are less severe, such as broken […]
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Insomnia affects over half of elderly people. This greatly impacts their quality of life and how they function. Left untreated, insomnia causes depression and anxiety and is associated with hypertension, heart disease and even stroke. Yet, insomnia is largely unaddressed by their health care providers. When it is addressed, benzodiazepines like valium, Ativan and Klonopin
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Besides the inspiring new drugs entering the market to clear the brain of the proteins that cause Alzheimer’s Disease, the focus in combatting dementia has been in identifying the risk factors that increase a person’s chances of developing it. Identifying and eliminating modifiable risk factors has become a priority because of the theory that doing
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Receiving a neurologic diagnosis is scary, isolating, overwhelming and life-changing. But that moment passes and you need to figure out how to get the best out of the rest of your life with your new normal. Finding others who have gone through it- your community– can be a lifeline. How peer support groups help Finding
It is awkward to ask someone you know if they are having memory problems. Only 25% of family care practitioners reported feeling comfortable doing so. But the question can be life-saving now that we have sensitive markers for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and exciting new drugs already on the market that can stop the disease in
The BeCareLink apps are the ONLY apps that quantify multiple neurological diseases remotely through measurements on a mobile phone and utilize AI and machine learning. Each of our apps is designed by neurologic specialists to address neurologic assessment in the particular disease state addressed by the app. Unlike our competitors, we measure a broad range
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Roughly 2.5 million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease and other similar disorders including dementia with Lewy Body Disease and Multisystem Atrophy. Almost 200,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with Parkinson’s Disease alone. This group of neurodegenerative conditions is called Synucleinopathies. These conditions have similar presentations including tremors and cognitive changes; all have an abnormal protein
There are four types of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. Everyone receives one copy of the APOE gene from their mother and one from their father. The type of APOE genes inherited plays a large role in determining the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). APOE 4 confers an increased risk and APOE 2
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Perhaps more than in most diseases, the types and timing of the food you eat can affect your experience with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). There are several concerns. First, there is the maintenance of good health, one that will keep the rest of your body in the best working order. Weight loss is commonly seen with
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A group of French researchers have found that the drug Lixisenatide may benefit Parkinson’s Disease (PD) with early motor symptoms and also have a neuroprotective effect, which would improve the clinical course of PD. Lixisenatide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, making it part of a large family of similar compounds used to treat