via News5: The Richmond Heights Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing woman who suffers from Dementia. Retha Hill, 79, was last seen at her home around noon on Wednesday. Hill is 5 feet tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. She drives a black 2010 […]
via BlackDoctor: To say Gospel singer Cissy Houston has been through a lot is an understatement. Having to watch her superstar daughter rise to fame and then battle with addiction and ultimately die in front of the world to see. Then witness her granddaughter’s death in an eerily similar way is pain enough that most […]
via BET: Cissy Houston has been through a lot over the last few years. From the tragic death of her daughter Whitney Houston to the devastating loss of Whitney’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, the Grammy award-winning Gospel singer is now said to be battling another huge feat. According to Radar Online, the 84-year-old is reportedly suffering from dementia. A source close to the […]
Former teen heartthrob David Cassidy shared his battle with dementia on Wednesday’s Dr. Phil show on WKYC Channel 3. He revealed details about his struggle after a video went viral that appeared to some that he was drunk. Dementia is not a single disease; it’s an overall term, like heart disease, that covers a wide […]
Q: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia? – Terrence L. A: Dementia is the term for a set of symptoms such as memory loss and impaired thinking. There are 10 different types of dementia, all with different symptoms: Vascular Dementia Dementia with Lewy Bodies Mixed Dementia Parkinson’s Disease Frontotemporal Dementia Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease […]
Older people who exercise regularly may reduce their risk of dementia and help keep their minds sharp, a new study suggests. Physical activity may cut dementia risk by 40 percent and decline of thinking skills by as much as 60 percent, researchers say. “Over the past three years, this has become a highly consistent finding,” […]
