by Jimmy Carter | Dec 28, 2018 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
It’s the time of year when the glorious thing we Texans have looked forward to all year — football season — is starting to wrap up. We’re all looking forward to the college bowl games and the NFL is rounding out the end of the regular season. While we tend to glorify...
by Jimmy Carter | Dec 27, 2018 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Dementia
In two recent posts we explored Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and its causation of dementia. Today we will delve into Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, commonly referred to at CTE. The brain disease has gained much more exposure as of late, especially in relation to...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 20, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Dementia
As we reported here, on October 23rd Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor shared that she’s been diagnosed with the beginning stages of dementia, “probably Alzheimer’s disease.” Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, and the most common. But, her news...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 15, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
The latest approach to the battle against Alzheimer’s is not in stopping the advance of the disease in those that have already shown mental decline, but in preventing the disease before memory and thinking skills are affected. Two large studies currently underway hope...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 13, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
Preventing dementia, before it takes hold, has become an area of growing focus for researchers in the Alzheimer’s and dementia fields. The Alzheimer’s Association initiated a new study this year entitled “Study to Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle Intervention to...