Anti-Aging Remedies

Reversible causes of dementia include infectious diseases, metabolic problems, and even occult hydrocephalusliterally, "water on the brain"a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid in one of the cerebral ventricles gets blocked, swelling the ventricle and compressing the brain.

Dementia can be hard to cope with once it arrives, but it often is detectable by a very thorough clinical evaluation, or by avoiding indiscriminate self-medication or oversedation in an older patient. Dementia is less a disease than it is a collection of symptoms. It has causes, and where there are causes, there is a chance of prevention. Much of that prevention can happen now, not at age 65.

Preventive measures should be considered even if you suspect that you or your loved one may have Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is not all that common, and of those people who do have it, a sizable percentage suffer from complications such as stroke and heart disease, which make the dementia progress more quickly. Here's where prevention makes so much sense. Statistically, the best candidates for dementia, with or without Alzheimer's disease, are individuals between the ages of 50 and 65 with a history of high blood pressure or diabetesboth of which, if not preventable, are certainly