Publications

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a fatal, rapidly-progressive dementia, caused by prion proteins. Changes in personality, mood, and motor function, are common in association with CJD. Often a diagnostic challenge, it relies on the clinical exam,...

Vascular and neurodegenerative disorders frequently present as mixed dementia phenotype. The most common type of mixed dementia is Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD) with vascular dementia. Dementia symptoms can develop at an earlier age when AD and vascular...

Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations triggered by the ingestion of gluten. In the assessment of skin changes, weight loss, diarrhea, and abdominal discomfort, celiac disease may be...

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a well-established health care model that serves older adults who are eligible for nursing home–level of care but are living in the community. Significantly, PACE has been recognized as a “...