http://thevisualmd.com/read_guide.php?idc=1376 en-EN The Alzheimer's Diagnosis Health Center includes the following topics: http://backend.userland.com/rss http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/diagnosing_alzheimer_s_disease_video http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/diagnosing_alzheimer_s_disease_video Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:17:53 -0500
In Alzheimer’s disease, certain proteins are deposited in the brain, including beta amyloid protein and tau. The buildup of these two proteins leads to nerve ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/diagnosing_alzheimer_s_disease http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/diagnosing_alzheimer_s_disease Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:19:18 -0500
PART 1 A Network of Nerve Cells Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain. Like other living cells, our billions of nerve ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/a_slow_progression http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/a_slow_progression Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:21:06 -0500
PART 1 Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease In the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it’s often hard to tell the difference between normal slips in recollection ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/principal_players http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/principal_players Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:22:05 -0500
PART 1 Progression of Alzheimer’s As Alzheimer’s progresses, beta amyloid proteins (plaques) begin to build up in areas of the brain critical for creating, retaining, and extracting ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/forgetting_things__mild_cognitive_impairment_due_to_ad http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/forgetting_things__mild_cognitive_impairment_due_to_ad Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:22:38 -0500
PART 1 Starting to Forget As we age, it’s normal to start forgetting things. For instance, we can’t recall names or numbers as quickly as we used ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/a_few_signs_symptoms http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/a_few_signs_symptoms Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:23:11 -0500
PART 1 Starting to Interfere with Daily Life The memory loss and other brain changes witnessed with MCI may become more and more difficult to ignore. They ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/testing_your_mind http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/testing_your_mind Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:23:42 -0500
PART 1 Medical evaluation No single test can determine if you have Alzheimer’s. Diagnosis often comes by a doctor or clinician considering many factors and conducting many ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/ruling_out_other_things http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/ruling_out_other_things Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:24:04 -0500
PART 1 How do doctors image the brain? Neuroimaging relies on a variety of different techniques, including radiation and magnetic fields, to generate pictures of what is ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/specialized_imaging http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/specialized_imaging Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:24:23 -0500
PART 1 Pictures of Brain Activity Doctors can get some idea of how much amyloid plaques have encroached on healthy brain tissue by taking sophisticated pictures of ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/early_detection__emerging_concepts_in_diagnosis http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/early_detection__emerging_concepts_in_diagnosis Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:24:54 -0500
PART 1 Biomarkers of Amyloid Researchers can detect one form of amyloid beta protein (A-beta 42) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the fluid that surrounds the brain ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/how_are_these_biomarkers_measured http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/how_are_these_biomarkers_measured Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:25:21 -0500
PART 1 The Role of Biomarkers The role of biomarkers is to increase the certainty of diagnosis at a time when treatments might be most effective. Measures ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/future_diagnosis http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/future_diagnosis Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:25:39 -0500
PART 1 Before the First Symptoms With the latest advances in imaging and biomarker research, experts are hoping to do something that they have never been able ...]]> http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/what_can_you_do_now http://thevisualmd.com/health_centers/neurological_health/alzheimer_s_diagnosis/what_can_you_do_now Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:26:04 -0500
PART 1 What can you do? Recognize the symptoms If you have trouble remembering the date, or find that it takes much longer for you to remember ...]]>