Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome may also be referred to as Korsakoff psychosis, Wernicke's encephalopathy, alcoholic encephalopathy, encephalopathy-alcoholic, alcohol dementia, Wernicke's dementia, and Wernicke's disease. Informally, some people also call this condition "wet brain" syndrome. Signs of Wernicke...
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After gathering all the information about the patient, the doctor can then do an evaluation. First, a determination is made if the dementia is reversible due to conditions such as a brain tumor, depression, vitamin deficiency, hydrocephalus, or toxic reaction to a medication. If these conditions...
The good news is that despite its destructive nature, the impact of sugar is reversible - as soon as you stop eating it. Your body has a remarkable ability to self-repair and the brain will recalibrate to appreciate natural sweetness when you cut refined sugars out of your life. Essentially...
fruitarian style diet has been followed. Examples include a nine-month-old girldying after being fed a fruit-only diet. The girl died vastly underweight and malnourished. Additionally, a 49-year-old man was recently reported to havedeveloped reversible dementiaafter subsisting on a fruit-only ...
Neurological disorders are diseases that affect an individual's brain or cognition. Review a list of common problems such as dementia, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's, and dangerous infections, then explore descriptions of each type of disease. Related...
Currently, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines dementia as an ‘organic brain syndrome’ (American Psychiatric Association, 1994); this is mainly to differentiate it from other cognitive function disorders such as mental retardation and reversible episodes of amnesia or ...
After gathering all the information about the patient, the doctor can then do an evaluation. First, a determination is made if the dementia is reversible due to conditions such as a brain tumor, depression, vitamin deficiency, hydrocephalus, or toxic reaction to a medication. If these conditions...
Obesity is linked to cognitive decline and metabolic dysregulation in the brain, yet the role of sex is relatively unexplored. We sought to explore the effects of obesity and sex on the brain metabolome. In male and female ob/ob and wild-type mice, we as
former/current smoking; episodic alcohol consumption was defined as >5 alcoholic drinks per day at least once a month; body mass index ≥24 kg/m2 indicated obesity; and previous attacks of transient ischemic stroke, ischemia or hemorrhage were considered strokes). 2.5. Evaluation of ...