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	Dementia care information - Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, vascular dementia
		Dementia is a deterioration of intellectual function and other cognitive skills, leading to a decline in the ability to perform activities of daily living.
		Dementia is progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging.
		Dementia is a group of symptoms caused by gradual death of brain cells.
	neurology.health-cares.net /dementia.php (1736 words)

	Dementia: Hope Through Research: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
		Senility and senile dementia are outdated terms that reflect the formerly widespread belief that dementia was a normal part of aging.
		Dementia is more common when the stroke takes place on the left side (hemisphere) of the brain and/or when it involves the hippocampus, a brain structure important for memory.
		People with dementia and others who wish to help research on dementing disorders may be able to do so by participating in clinical studies designed to learn more about the disorders or to test potential new therapies.
	www.ninds.nih.gov /disorders/dementias/detail_dementia.htm (12917 words)

	Alzheimer Europe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Initially it was believed that the brains of patients with dementia pugilistica show numerous neurofibrillary tangles in the absence of plaques, more recent studies have demonstrated that all cases with substantial tangle formation showed evidence of extensive diffuse beta amyloid protein immunoreactive deposits.
		The diagnosis of dementia pugilistica is dependent upon documenting a progressive neuropsychiatric condition which is consistent with the clinical symptomatology of chronic traumatic brain injury attributable to brain trauma and unexplainable by an alternative process.
		The mainstay of treatment of dementia pugilistica is prevention, however medications used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and / or Parkinson’s disease may be utilised.
	www.alzheimer-europe.org /?lm3=9739710210A7 (388 words)

	Dementia pugilistica explained
		Dementia pugilistica, also called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or Boxer's syndrome, is caused by head trauma, such as that experienced by people who have been punched many times in the head during boxing.
		Dementia pugilistica, also called chronic traumatic encephalopathy and punch-drunk syndrome, is a form of neurological disorder which primarily affects career boxers.
		The most common symptoms of the condition are dementia and parkinsonism caused by repetitive blows to the head over a long period of time.
	www.freetipson.co.uk /healthcare/dementia/dementia_pugilistica_explained.html (181 words)

	Dementia: Delirium and Dementia: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Dementia is a slow, progressive decline in mental function in which memory, thinking, judgment, and the ability to learn are impaired.
		Doctors diagnose dementia based on the person's age and family history, the development and progression of symptoms, the results of a neurologic examination (see Diagnosis of Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders: Introduction), and the presence of other disorders, such as brain damage due to a stroke or, in alcoholics, undernutrition.
		People with dementia, if sufficiently able, should appoint a health care proxy (who is legally authorized to make treatment decisions on their behalf), and they should discuss health care wishes with their surrogate (proxy) and doctor (see Death and Dying: Legal and Ethical Concerns and Legal and Ethical Issues: Advance Directives).
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec06/ch083/ch083c.html (4296 words)

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		However, that role is unknown, and in some cases the inclusions may simply be a side effect of the disease process that leads to the dementia.
		Dementia is a broad term for a range of conditions that involve loss of mental ability and so causes problems with memory, language, behaviour and emotions.
		Many people with dementia are concerned that their disease may have been inherited and that they may pass it on to their children.
	www.lycos.com /info/dementia--people.html?page=2 (453 words)

	Brain Trauma, Subdural Hematoma and Dementia Pugilistica
		Chronic subdural hematomas sometimes exhibit symptoms similar to vascular dementia and are particularly prevalent among the elderly.
		Dementia pugilistica is a neurological disorder caused by repeated blows to the head, resulting in brain trauma.
		The symptoms of dementia pugilistica include dementia, characterized by loss of cognitive function, and Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder characterized by tremor and muscular rigidity.
	www.about-dementia.com /articles/about-dementia/dementia-causes/dementia-brain-trauma.php (886 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Mental health
		Dementia is characterized by confusion, disorientation and intellectual impairment.
		Dementia pugilistica is a form of dementia caused by head trauma such as that experienced by boxers.
		Multi-infarct dementia — or vascular dementia — is a common cause of memory loss among the elderly.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/mental-health/dementia.html (2041 words)

	Neuropathology: Dementia
		Dementia is a syndrome featuring deterioration of previously acquired intellectual abilities sufficiently severe to interfere with social or occupational functioning, or both.
		A reduction in the number of neurons and synapses and a gradual accumulation of amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuropil threads occur predominantly in the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, reflecting a propensity for involvement of the associated limbic structures of the brain.
		If the dementia has been present for less than six months, an examination of cerebral spinal fluid is recommended to rule out entities that cause chronic meningeal irritation.
	www.uvm.edu /~jkessler/NP/neudemen.htm (2644 words)

	Statements of Principles — Dementia pugilistica — Reasonable hypothesis
		The Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that there is sound medical-scientific evidence that indicates that dementia pugilistica and death from dementia pugilistica can be related to relevant service rendered by veterans, members of Peacekeeping Forces, or members of the Forces.
		Paragraph 5(b) applies only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, dementia pugilistica where the person’s dementia pugilistica was suffered or contracted before or during (but not arising out of) the person’s relevant service; paragraph 8(1)(e), 9(1)(e), 70(5)(d) or 70(5A)(d) of the Act refers.
		"death from dementia pugilistica" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s dementia pugilistica;
	www.dva.gov.au /pensions/statemnt/F057rh.htm (511 words)

	Dementia in Head Injury
		The nature of dementia in head-injured persons varies greatly by type and location of head injury and the person’s characteristics before the head injury.
		Dementia after head injury is a significant public health problem.
		Head injury is the third most common cause of dementia, after infection and alcoholism, in people younger than 50 years.
	www.emedicinehealth.com /dementia_in_head_injury/article_em.htm (488 words)

	Boxer's syndrome, Dementia Pugilistica
		Dementia pugilistica, also called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or Boxer's syndrome, is caused by head trauma, such as that experienced by people who have been punched many times in the head during boxing.
		The most common symptoms of the condition are dementia and parkinsonism, which can appear many years after the trauma ends.
		PTD is much like dementia pugilistica but usually also includes long-term memory problems.
	www.habibintl.com /boxer's-syndrome.htm (200 words)

	Dementia Terms Agnosia through Encephalitis
		Alzheimer's Disease: A form of dementia in which brain cells are slowly destroyed, leading to memory loss and an impaired ability to learn, communicate, and reason.
		Dementia can be caused by Alzheimer’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and strokes, among other things.
		dementia pugilistica: Dementia brought on by repeated instances of trauma to the head.
	www.about-dementia.com /dictionary (492 words)

	Dementia
		Dementia is a clinical state characterized by loss of function in multiple cognitive domains.
		Finally, the diagnosis of dementia should NOT be made if the cognitive deficits occur exclusively during the course of a delirium.
		Alzheimer's Disease is the major cause of dementia, accounting for 64% of all dementias in Canada for persons 65 and older and 75% of all dementias for persons 85 plus.
	penta.ufrgs.br /edu/telelab/3/dementia.htm (210 words)

	Mooshee: Dementia pugilistica
		Alzheimer's and Dementia: Alzheimer's disease, Vascular dementia, Frontotemporal...
		Dementia pugilistica, is the last stage of CTE.
		The name is derived from the Latin pugil, which means "a fighter with a cestus [a hand covering]", in honor of the most common cause of the syndrome.
	mooshee.com /dementia_pugilistica.php (785 words)

	eMedicine - Dementia Due to Head Trauma : Article Excerpt by: Julia Frank, MD
		The term post—head injury dementia encompasses heterogeneous phenomena, reflecting the range of types and degrees of head injury and the variety of patients who experience them.
		In subcortical dementia, impairments of memory, language, praxis, and sensation are relatively less prominent than in Alzheimer disease or other cortical dementias.
		Broad as it is, the term post—head injury dementia fails to describe all the neuropsychiatric sequelae of brain trauma.
	www.emedicine.com /med/byname/dementia-due-to-head-trauma.htm (587 words)

	Statements of Principles — Dementia pugilistica — balance of probability
		(b) For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, "dementia pugilistica" means a chronic and progressive neurological syndrome characterised by evidence of damage to pyramidal, extrapyramidal, and cerebellar systems with associated psychosis, dementia, personality change, impaired social functioning and Parkinsonism.
		On the sound medical-scientific evidence available, the Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that it is more probable than not that dementia pugilistica and death from dementia pugilistica can be related to relevant service rendered by veterans or members of the Forces.
		Paragraph 5(b) applies only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, dementia pugilistica where the person’s dementia pugilistica was suffered or contracted before or during (but not arising out of) the person’s relevant service; paragraph 8(1)(e), 9(1)(e) or 70(5)(d) of the Act refers.
	www.dva.gov.au /pensions/statemnt/F057bp.htm (513 words)

	American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. - Neurobiology of Primary Dementia
		In this balanced examination of the frequency and characteristics of dementia and cognitive impairment, contributors base their observations and conclusions on data collected within an ethnically diverse registry of elderly people who use community-based health care services.
		They explore topics ranging from familial Alzheimer’s disease, prion diseases, and dementia associated with poststroke major depression to vascular dementia, dementia pugilistica, and head trauma as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.
		These experts also discuss diagnostic and treatment issues, as well as the thought-provoking topics of ethical questions involving dementia and dementia as it relates to health care reform.
	www.appi.org /book.cfm?id=8915 (514 words)

	Are There Other Long-Term Problems Associated With a TBI?
		Dementia pugilistica - Also called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, dementia pugilistica primarily affects career boxers.
		The most common symptoms of the condition are dementia and parkinsonism caused by repetitive blows to the head over a long period of time.
		Post-traumatic dementia - The symptoms of post-traumatic dementia are very similar to those of dementia pugilistica, except that post-traumatic dementia is also characterized by long-term memory problems and is caused by a single, severe TBI that results in a coma.
	www.braininjurydisorders.org /tbi_8.html (436 words)

	eMedicine - Dementia Due to Head Trauma : Article by Julia Frank, MD
		Regarding pathophysiology, specifically of dementia after head injury, the pattern of symptoms reflects the nature of the injury and the location of tissue damage.
		In contrast to Alzheimer dementia, nominative aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia are not prominent, although slow retrieval of words may occur.
		Case management for patients with dementia sometimes is necessary to help patients apply for disability, locate specialized rehabilitation programs, attend to medical problems, and participate consistently in treatment.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic3152.htm (9600 words)

	Dementia - Internet Handbook of Neurology
		Differential Diagnosis of Pseudodementia and Dementia - Neuroland
		Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment, RI Winer, MD, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, May, 2000
		Lipoprotein profile in older patients with vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease - BMC Geriatrics, December 2001
	www.neuropat.dote.hu /dementia.htm (902 words)

	When IT goes bad ...: Dementia pugilistica
		boxer's dementia results from multiple blows to the head, occurring over a sustained period of time.
		A number of boxers, notably Muhammad Ali - whose condition has deteriorated in recent years - have suffered from this condition.
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	mlflanagan.blogspot.com /2007/03/dementia-pugilistica.html (132 words)

	Traumatic Brain Injury Long Term Effects - Dementia Pugilistica Information
		AD is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by dementia, memory loss, and deteriorating cognitive abilities.
		The symptoms of post-traumatic dementia are very similar to those of dementia pugilistica, except that post-traumatic dementia is also characterized by long-term memory problems and is caused by a single, severe TBI that results in a coma.
		Dementia pugilistica is a condition caused by repetitive blows to the head over a long period of time.
	www.weitzlux.com /traumaticbraininjury_682.html (757 words)

	From Dr. Robert Butler: Dementia vs. Alzheimer's
		A: dementia is a large category of neurodegenerative conditions that affect the brain; it includes Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontal temporal dementia dementia pugilistica (boxer's, or repeated traumatic, dementia), and alcoholic dementia, as well as a few other rare conditions.
		The problem with this word is that it conveys the idea that dementia is an inevitable concomitant of aging ("senile" means old).
		While aging is the key risk factor for dementia, it is not the direct cause.
	www.everydayhealth.com /publicsite/index.aspx?puid=6b7f95ce-c88a-4c60-ba51-99e28fc5f1b4&p=1 (213 words)

	Dementia Pugilistica
		My questions are:1 Can anyone tell me from their experience how long this will continue?2.
		Is she in danger of becoming punch drunk (Dementia pugilistica)?
		Answer: First: I am not a doctor or particularly qualified to answer this question,except to repeat things I have read and what I know from experience.That said: From what I have read, a mild concussion takes about a year torecover from fully.
	www.cfys.org /dementia-pugilistica.php (310 words)

	dementia - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Dementia, dementia : Technical and Popular Medical Terms [home, info]
		Dementia, Dementia, Dementia : Mental Health Glossary [home, info]
		Phrases that include dementia: alzheimer's dementia, dementia pugilistica, dementia vascular, hiv associated dementia, aids dementia c, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=dementia&ls=a (266 words)

	Dementia Clinical Resources
		General Symptomatic Treatment of the Patient with Dementia: Access document
		Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions: Access document
		Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias of Late Life: Table of contents
	cchs-dl.slis.ua.edu /clinical/neurology/cns/dementia.htm (620 words)

	Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease - New Treatments, May 2, 2008
		A. Intelligence - the ability to have ideas and to reason about them; the sum of multiple functions the most important of which are:
		D. Pseudo dementia - disorders of affect, mood and thought which interfere with intellectual functions
		Parkinsonism (eg, Parkinson disease; Lewy body disease; cortical basal ganglionic degeneration: multisystem atrophy; dementia pugilistica; toxins; encephalitis)
	www.medical-library.org /journals4a/dementia.htm (307 words)

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