Posted on May 20, 2021
What We Now Know About 'Brain Age' and Dementia
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What We Now Know About 'Brain Age' and Dementia
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“During the daytime, cells are working and are actually a bit larger than when you go to sleep. When you sleep, the space between the cells opens ups and it allows for this clearance mechanism to drain things out like proteins and other waste produce that accumulate during the day when cells are working.
Sleep also helps prepare and hold onto memories.”
Good info!
Sleep also helps prepare and hold onto memories.”
Good info!
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Thank you my friend Lt Col Charlie Brown for posting. My mom developed Alzheimer's in the 1970's before it was well-known. I watched my graduate-level, multi-lingual mom deteriorate until by the 1990s she could no long speak. I closed her eyes after she died on September 28, 2001. That morning I traveled to Fort Belvoir for my pre-mobilization physical.
For the past 7 years we have been caring for my aged mother-in-law. Her dementia has becoming more noticeable. Typically short-term memory goes haywire while long-term memory [with periodic modification] tends to be more readily accessible. All the memories exist, the issue is accessing them.
Having a good sense of humor and sense of perspective is important when dealing with individuals you love who have dementia. The person is still there but their ability to interact rationally diminishes.
FYI PO3 Phyllis Maynard PO2 (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj Robert Thornton 1LT (Anonymous) Wayne Soares LTC (Join to see) COL Mikel J. Burroughs Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG Diane R. LTC Hillary Luton
For the past 7 years we have been caring for my aged mother-in-law. Her dementia has becoming more noticeable. Typically short-term memory goes haywire while long-term memory [with periodic modification] tends to be more readily accessible. All the memories exist, the issue is accessing them.
Having a good sense of humor and sense of perspective is important when dealing with individuals you love who have dementia. The person is still there but their ability to interact rationally diminishes.
FYI PO3 Phyllis Maynard PO2 (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj Robert Thornton 1LT (Anonymous) Wayne Soares LTC (Join to see) COL Mikel J. Burroughs Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG Diane R. LTC Hillary Luton
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
I had begun to experience this with my 77-year-old brother who had been diagnosed with early dementia. About six months after getting the diagnosis he went out for his morning walk and died instantly from a massive heart attack. That was last August 31.
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SPC Michael Terrell
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. - Sorry to hear about your loss.
A young man that I worked with late last millennium developed a bad headache at work. He said that he had never had one before. We called for an ambulance for him, because of the pain he had, but he was dead in less than an hour from the start. He died from a brain aneurysm, in his mid to late 20s. You never know when or where your time will be up. He was in good health, otherwise.
A young man that I worked with late last millennium developed a bad headache at work. He said that he had never had one before. We called for an ambulance for him, because of the pain he had, but he was dead in less than an hour from the start. He died from a brain aneurysm, in his mid to late 20s. You never know when or where your time will be up. He was in good health, otherwise.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
SPC Michael Terrell I remember a guy dying of heat stroke during a 4:30 a.m. APFT run in another company when I was in Infantry AIT at Ft. Jackson in late April '70.
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SPC Michael Terrell
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. - I wonder if the instructor did anything to help him, or just demanded he stop screwing around?
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