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Article: Minding the mind in older gamblers: gambling in older adults might signal cognitive declines.(Feature)
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- Addiction Professional
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- November 1, 2007
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Denny Crane is the fictional lawyer on the television series Boston Legal who fears the creeping onset of "mad cow," his euphemism for Alzheimer's disease. While this television character's portrayal of significant memory loss is intentionally humorous, changes in memory can be subtle and unforgiving for a growing number of older adults who ultimately are diagnosed as having a dementia and a co-occurring gambling problem.
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Dementia is the clinical syndrome characterized by a loss of cognitive and emotional abilities that interferes with an individual's daily functioning. Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for about 70% of cases of ...