by Alfred Poor | August 9, 2018 | General News, Health
What disease affects nearly 50 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases diagnosed each year? This disease costs more than $1 trillion each year when you factor in all the direct and indirect costs. The answer is dementia, and these numbers are...
by Bruce Brown | July 18, 2018 | General News, Health
Cognitive functioning — an individual’s ability to think and to learn — has multiple components. Cognition involves reasoning, memory, attention, language, and more. The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) established the Healthy Brain...
by Bruce Brown | May 25, 2018 | General News, Health
People with dementia, memory problems, and other cognitive disorders often have difficulty with daily self-care tasks. Common acts such as eating, bathing, and getting dressed can become insurmountable challenges without assistance. In addition to the loss of...
by Bruce Brown | November 22, 2017 | General News, Health
Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the fifth leading cause of death among people 65 years of age and older. Approximately 5.4 million Americans have this irreversible, incurable, progressive disease,...
by Alfred Poor | April 10, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
At 415,000 square miles, the Canadian province of Ontario is larger than any of the United States except Alaska. Yet it has a population that is only a bit larger than that of Pennsylvania (at just 46,000 square miles). These two numbers alone make it clear that...
