Mental lapses in diagnostic procedures for Alzheimer's

( cognitive fluctuations include excessive daytime sleepiness  )

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Cognitive fluctuations, or episodes when train of thought temporarily is lost, are more likely to occur in older persons who are developing Alzheimer's disease than in their healthy peers, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  Cognitive fluctuations include excessive daytime sleepiness, staring into space and disorganized or illogical thinking.

"If you have these lapses, they don't by themselves mean that you have Alzheimer's," says senior author James Galvin, M.D., a Washington University neurologist. "Such lapses do occur in healthy older adults. But our results suggest that they are something your doctor needs to consider if he or she is evaluating you for problems with thinking and memory." The study appears in the Jan. 19 issue of Neurology. ... To  get more: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/176399.php

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