I read in an AARP mag that that doctors missdiagnoise Dementia and Alzheimer's

Dementia is a predisease of Alzheimers and the main cause of Dementia is a vit B 12 definincy


Few things are as terrifying as losing one's mind. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia among the elderly and affects as many as 4.5 million Americans, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. It currently has no cure. But recent research offers groundbreaking insight into what causes the disease, and how researchers could reduce people's risk. Walter Kukull, director of the U.S. National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center, explains.



http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1807693,...o-full-world-related

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2007/10/obesity-par...-9-fat-on-brain.html

As we get on in years, cognitive decline is one of the most feared conditions. Dementia is incapacitating and leads to functional decline and can devastate the quality of life for its victims and their families.

Research led by Dr. Maureen T. Sturman, M.D., MPH, at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, set out to find the relationship between obesity among seniors and cognitive decline. The results were not what the researchers appear to have expected.

Dr. Sturman’s team found a significant relationship between underweight and cognitive decline over time.

In comparison, there was lower cognitive decline among overweight and obese people, with each increase in BMI associated with less cognitive decline.

Researchers at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, studied 918 senior clergy in the Religious Orders Study who had no signs of dementia at the beginning of the study.

After following these seniors for nearly 6 years, they found a significant association between low BMIs and declining BMIs and the development of Alzheimers.

For every 1 unit of BMI less at the start of the study, there was a 5% increased risk; but every 1 unit decline in BMI during the study was associated with a 35% increased risk for Alzheimers per year.