Older Adult Demographics Unrelated to Alzheimer's Disease Warning Signs

10 warning signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Utility of warning signs in guiding admission and predicting severe disease in adult dengue

BACKGROUND The recommendation from the 2009 World Health Organization guidelines for managing dengue suggests that patients with any warning sign can be hospitalized for observation and management. We evaluated the utility of using warning signs to guide hospital admission and predict disease progression in adults. METHODS We conducted a prospective cohort study from January 2010 to September...

Schizophrenia: early warning signs

Max Birchwood is Director of the Early Intervention Service (Harry Watton House, 97 Church Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 5UG) and Director of Research and Development of Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust. He is also a Research Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. Elizabeth Spencer is a senior clinical medical officer working in Northern Birmingham Mental Healt...

Cognitive Impairments in Siblings of Alzheimers Disease Patients: Possible Preclinical Signs of the Disease

Olfactory dysfunction in parkinsonism: a general deficit unrelated to neurologic signs, disease stage, or disease duration.

To explore the nature of the olfactory dysfunction associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), 81 PD patients who scored well on a cognitive screening test were administered the 40-odorant University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test; 38 were additionally given a forced-choice phenylethyl alcohol odor detection threshold test. Clinical ratings of 11 neurologic symptoms (three bilateral) w...