Five to 10 percent of Americans diagnosed with dementia could actually have a treatable condition known as normal pressure hydrocephalus or NPH, according to experts in the field. An estimated 700,000 ...

Sometimes family members—or even other doctors—will ask me whether it is worth evaluating individuals with memory loss because “there is so little that can be done for them.” Although I believe that ...

As Trish Bogucki walked from her office to her car, she often felt unsteady, tripping and stumbling. She expected it: She had a bunion and a hammer toe that probably needed surgical repair. Finally, ...

Is normal pressure hydrocephalus a reversible dementia? Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a rare but potentially treatable form of dementia. Hydrocephalus is a condition in which the cerebrospinal ...

The last thing most patients do when they receive an Alzheimer's diagnosis is seek another diagnosis. But research shows that up to 5 percent of dementia cases are misdiagnosed cases of a treatable ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife, 78, has had headaches, some memory problems and confusion. A brain scan showed hydrocephalus. We were referred to a neurosurgeon, and he ordered an infusion study. At an ...

Nov. 18, 2005 — -- As she got older and started having problems walking, Joy Cotrell thought she was headed for a wheelchair and a room in a nursing home. "I could not walk without holding on," ...

(BPT) - Her classmates referred to her as the “Iron Woman” and to no one’s surprise, as a senior in high school, her school named her Student Athlete of the Year for her grit and accomplishments in ...

Sometimes family members—or even other doctors—will ask me whether it is worth evaluating individuals with memory loss because “there is so little that can be done for them.” Although I believe that ...

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