Posted on Nov 11, 2015
The link between displaying a demented sense of humor and dementia: are some of us on RP at risk?
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Their findings show almost all loved ones saw a change in a patient's sense of humor within the nine years before their diagnosis. Many said the patient developed a sick sense of humor and would laugh at tragic events.
"These were marked changes—completely inappropriate humor well beyond the realms of even distasteful humor. For example, one man laughed when his wife badly scalded herself," a researcher explains. Another patient laughed when someone was having an asthma attack, per Nature World Report. Researchers also found the patients tended to prefer slapstick comedy to satirical comedy...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/11/sicker-sense-humor-might-signal-dementia-say-researchers.html?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork
Okay, this is your time to shine. Post a photo or meme that best reflects your sense of humor; or lack of one!
"These were marked changes—completely inappropriate humor well beyond the realms of even distasteful humor. For example, one man laughed when his wife badly scalded herself," a researcher explains. Another patient laughed when someone was having an asthma attack, per Nature World Report. Researchers also found the patients tended to prefer slapstick comedy to satirical comedy...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/11/sicker-sense-humor-might-signal-dementia-say-researchers.html?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork
Okay, this is your time to shine. Post a photo or meme that best reflects your sense of humor; or lack of one!
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Their findings show almost all loved ones saw a change in a patient's sense of humor within the nine years before their diagnosis. Many said the patient developed a sick sense of humor and would laugh at tragic events.
"These were marked changes—completely inappropriate humor well beyond the realms of even distasteful humor. For example, one man laughed when his wife badly scalded herself," a researcher explains. Another patient laughed when someone was having an asthma attack, per Nature World Report. Researchers also found the patients tended to prefer slapstick comedy to satirical comedy...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/11/sicker-sense-humor-might-signal-dementia-say-researchers.html?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork
Okay, this is your time to shine. Post a photo or meme that best reflects your sense of humor; or lack of one!
"These were marked changes—completely inappropriate humor well beyond the realms of even distasteful humor. For example, one man laughed when his wife badly scalded herself," a researcher explains. Another patient laughed when someone was having an asthma attack, per Nature World Report. Researchers also found the patients tended to prefer slapstick comedy to satirical comedy...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/11/sicker-sense-humor-might-signal-dementia-say-researchers.html?intcmp=hpffo&intcmp=obnetwork
Okay, this is your time to shine. Post a photo or meme that best reflects your sense of humor; or lack of one!
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