More than 55 million people around the world live with dementia, with nearly 10 million new cases cropping up every year. Due to the ever-augmenting number of cases, dementia is quickly becoming one of the most common disorders around the…
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) has been used as a medical treatment procedure since the late 1930s to effectively treat patients suffering from various kinds of mental illnesses, such as severe mania, catatonia, and severe depression. Despite its potential to assure dramatic…
Something as simple as taking a simple medicine costing a few pennies every day could significantly reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. Sounds intriguing, right? This is a finding from the Johns Hopkins analysis of previously accumulated data regarding…
Post-traumatic stress disorder, abbreviated as PTSD, is a psychiatric disorder that usually develops in people who have experienced a dangerous, shocking, or traumatic event in the past. Such situations trigger fear-induced split-second changes in the body that aid an individual…
Suffering from a stroke is an excruciating healthcare complication, and so is surviving the realization that your loved one had one. But what should you expect after a stroke when you are ready for recovery but are not aware of…
Caring for a loved one with memory loss, especially elderly memory loss, is a physically and emotionally excruciating endeavor. Difficulties in memory retention can render individuals unable to remember cherished events, make day-to-day activities arduous, and even forget their loved…
Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than one million people in the United States, making it one of the most widespread neurological disorders. LBD typically affects people aged 50 or older, although some younger people also exhibit the symptoms of…
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 800,000 individuals in the United States suffer from a stroke each year, and about 140,000 out of those individuals die as a result. Most strokes, especially fatal ones,…
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most commonly seen diseases in people aged 60 or older. Only up to 10% of patients are diagnosed before the age of 50, and men get affected about 50% more than women. About…
Transient Ischemic Attack is aptly nicknamed “mini-stroke” but is not as mini as it sounds. Although the name suggests a fleeting and small-scaled entity that can be put off until you get the time to do something about it, a…
