BACKGROUND Adenoviruses (Ads) cause continuous outbreaks of acute respiratory disease (ARD) in US military training facilities. In 1996, the loss of vaccines targeting the dominant recruit-associated serotypes precipitated the reemergence of Ads in these populations. Between 1999 and 2002, serotype 4 accounted for >95% of Ads isolated from recruits and for >50% of ARD cases in training faciliti...

Objective: This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on guilt feeling among family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study where in the pre-test and post-test control group design was employed. The statistical population of this study consisted of the female family caregivers of...

PURPOSE To compare brain tissue in patients with Alzheimer disease with that in elderly control subjects by using high-resolution MR imaging and quantitative tissue-segmentation techniques. METHODS MR imaging of the brain was performed in 21 patients with Alzheimer disease and 17 control subjects. A computerized segmentation program was used to quantify volumes of ventricular and sulcal cereb...

introduction:brain imaging with f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18f-fdg) positron ‎emission tomography or tc-99m hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (‎99mtc-hmpao) spect is widely used for the evaluation of alzheimer's ‎dementia (ad); we aim to assess superiority of one method over the ‎other. methods: twenty four patients with clinical diagnosis of alzheimer disease ‎underwent 18f-fdg pet and ‎99mtc-...

Objetivo: investigar a importância do enfermeiro no cuidado ao binômio demenciado(a)/cuidador(a) manejo Alzheimer. Método: revisão integrativa nas bases de dados DOAJ, Latindex, ROAD e Scielo Brazil, usando termos “Doença Alzheimer”, “enfermagem”, “cuidados enfermagem”, “assistência paciente”, “cuidadores” “familiar cuidador”. Pergunta norteadora: quais aspectos são ou devem ser considerados pe...

BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which have been linked to Alzheimer disease. However, a link between Alzheimer disease and the metabolic syndrome has not yet been established. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer disease. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Case-control study of 50 consecutive pa...

5-HIAA in the caudate nucleus (Alzheimer, 3.2 f 1.7; control, 5.2k2.3; P< 0.01), HVA in the caudate nucleus (Alzheimer, 13.5k5.0; control, 24.6k7.3; P<O.OI) and HVA in putamen (Alzheimer, 2.3 k0.9; control, 4.7k2.6; P<0.002). The highest CSF concentration of HVA is in the lateral ventricles, which are adjacent to the dopamine-rich caudate nucleus. Therefore, it seems likely that the CSF deficit...

Introdução: A Doença de Alzheimer é uma doença neurodegenerativa progressiva e irreversível evolução lenta que resulta na perda memória vários distúrbios cognitivos, apesar dos tratamentos ainda muito difícil para o paciente principalmente sua família cuidadores. O cannabidiol (CBD) substância derivada da cannabis atua no sistema nervoso central, possuindo propriedades neuroprotetoras atuam cog...

Objetivo: explorar os mecanismos envolvidos no desencadeamento e progressão da Doença de Alzheimer (DA) forma a embasar sugestão planta Uncaria Tomentosa (Wild.) como mais uma possiblidade terapêutica coadjuvante para prevenção tratamento DA. Método: Trata-se revisão narrativa literatura realizada com busca artigos publicados em bases indexadas diretamente nas revistas interesse, utilizando-se ...