Alzheimer’S Equally The Novel Bogeyman

Companies in addition to individuals are using Alzheimer's inquiry to mislead people; and, to “scare” them into buying products that purportedly forestall Alzheimer’s in addition to dementia.

By +Carole Larkin
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As nosotros are chop-chop approaching Halloween, I idea this article would last appropriate to write.

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Remember around years when cancer was the bogeyman?

Companies in addition to individuals are using Alzheimer Alzheimer’s equally the New Bogeyman

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Carole Larkin MA, CMC, CAEd, DCP, QDCS, EICS is an proficient inwards Alzheimer’s in addition to related Dementia care. She is a Certified Geriatric Care Manager who specializes inwards helping families alongside Alzheimer’s in addition to related dementia issues. Carole tin sack consults alongside families via telephone nationwide on problems related to the dementia. Her company, ThirdAge Services LLC, is located inwards Dallas, TX.

As nosotros know, swell strides possess got been made inwards the handling of cancers, in addition to so evidently Alzheimer’s in addition to other dementias possess got risen to convey over equally the novel bogeyman.

Since these diseases currently possess got no cure or handling that stops the inevitable descent into in addition to through the disease, they heighten fearfulness inwards our hearts in addition to minds.

Rightfully so, therefore purpose of the stigma of the diseases.

Because at that spot is straightaway to a greater extent than emphasis on awareness of Alzheimer’s in addition to emphasis on reducing the stigma, I am becoming increasingly perturbed at those individuals in addition to businesses who are using the fearfulness of Alzheimer’s equally a marketing tool to sell their products. It is a agency to promote the stigma of the affliction rather than a agency to promote credence of the affliction equally a electrical flow fact of life.

Here’s an example. Two weeks agone I attended an educational seminar entitled “Hearing in addition to Cognitive Health” presented yesteryear an (unnamed) fellowship that sells hearing aids. Their one-half page advertizing inwards the local paper includes these words,

“In lite of the recent widely reported study that reveals a link betwixt hearing loss in addition to an increased adventure of developing symptoms of dementia (the scream of the company) is hosting this particular informational seminar.”

The study they refer to is “Hearing Loss in addition to Cognitive Decline” published on Feb 25, 2013 inwards the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine edition.

The link to the abstract on the study is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23337978.

The researchers concluded the following:

“Hearing loss is independently associated alongside accelerated cognitive spend upward in addition to incident cognitive harm inwards community-dwelling older adults. Further studies are needed to investigate what the mechanistic solid soil of this association is in addition to whether hearing rehabilitative interventions could touching cognitive decline.”

In other words, to a greater extent than investigation needs to last done to confirm whether hearing aids help.

Yet, this company, in addition to peradventure others, is using this inquiry to “scare” people into buying hearing aids to forestall Alzheimer’s in addition to other dementias.

I listened carefully to the “seminar” in addition to during it the presenters used the word “correlation” to depict the connectedness betwixt developing Alzheimer’s in addition to hearing loss.

My reading of the conclusions of the study tells me that the “correlation” has yet to last established. Nevertheless, they continued on with, of course, their pitch for buying in addition to wearing hearing aids from them.

We create know that hearing loss (as good equally piteous vision in addition to other sensory deficits) exacerbate the symptoms of dementia yesteryear making connectedness to in addition to interpretation of the person’s surroundings to a greater extent than difficult.

But to claim that hearing loss causes dementia? I recollect that claim pushes the envelope also far. I resent the job of fearfulness of Alzheimer’s in addition to related diseases to sell “product”. I recollect that this approach to selling farther stigmatizes the diseases.
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Still around other lawsuit comes inwards the expanse of neutraceuticals.

Neutraceuticals are defined as: foods or parts of foods that render medical or wellness benefits including the prevention in addition to handling of disease. This Definition is from physician Stephen DeFelice, who invented the word.

I possess got seen numerous claims from sellers of neutraceuticals that their production tin sack forestall and/or cure Alzheimer’s.

As a thing of fact I possess got inwards forepart of me an promotion claiming their “memory formula” tin sack both forestall and/or cure Alzheimer’s. (There is a disclaimer inwards tiny impress maxim “these statements possess got non been evaluated yesteryear the FDA. This production is non intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or forestall whatever disease. Not everyone volition sense the same results.” I run across this equally their endeavour to maintain their marketing of their production only inside the law’s boundries.)

As nosotros know, no ane has yet determined scientifically just what Alzheimer’s is, or what causes it to prepare inwards a person, in addition to so wouldn’t it stand upward to argue that it’s non yet possible forestall it or cure it?

As a secondary question, because neutraceuticals are non currently regulated yesteryear the Food in addition to Drug Administration, how does ane confirm the effectiveness in addition to purity of the product?

Research presented inwards the Journal BMC Medicine on Oct 11, 2013 found that Herbal products oftentimes comprise ingredients non listed on the labels in addition to also possess got fillers in addition to contaminates.

They tested 12 dissimilar herbal products in addition to found exclusively ii of them truly contained just what was on the factor list.

But I digress.

The signal of this give-and-take of neutraceuticals is that hither is however around other lawsuit of using Alzheimer’s in addition to related dementias equally the bogeyman to scare people into buying their products.

Such inference can’t aid but reinforce the stigma of the diseases.

I recollect people ask to last aware that these companies overtly or subliminally are trying to manipulate them into buying their products based on their fearfulness of Alzheimer’s in addition to dementia inwards general.

I notice this tactic ethically questionable at the least.

My response to them is “shame on you.”

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