webfact Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Change in sense of humour 'a sign of impending dementia'By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News onlineLONDON: -- An increasingly warped sense of humour could be an early warning sign of impending dementia, say UK experts.The University College London study involved patients with frontotemporal dementia, with the results appearing in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.Questionnaires from the friends and family of the 48 patients revealed many had noticed a change in humour years before the dementia had been diagnosed.This included laughing inappropriately at tragic events.Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34766361-- BBC 2015-11-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCruncher Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Sounds as if quite a few members better go see a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfsailor Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I suddenly find this funny.... :-O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Questionnaires from the friends and family of the 48 patients revealed many had noticed a change in humour years before the dementia had been diagnosed. And a study of 48 patients became the basis of an academic journal article on a precursor of dementia? My, the standards in academia may have just fallen to an all-time low. I don't think you can make any such conclusion given the subtle and dry nature of British humour. A much more scientific study was recently released that shows a precursor symptom of Alzheimer's disease is a loss of smell. They are using peanut butter smell tests in clinical trials to quantify the correlation. It would be nice if scientists would stick to objective tests rather than ridiculous subjective beliefs that someone has gone "off". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Explains some of the 'jokes' we see posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) Questionnaires from the friends and family of the 48 patients revealed many had noticed a change in humour years before the dementia had been diagnosed. And a study of 48 patients became the basis of an academic journal article on a precursor of dementia? My, the standards in academia may have just fallen to an all-time low. I don't think you can make any such conclusion given the subtle and dry nature of British humour. A much more scientific study was recently released that shows a precursor symptom of Alzheimer's disease is a loss of smell. They are using peanut butter smell tests in clinical trials to quantify the correlation. It would be nice if scientists would stick to objective tests rather than ridiculous subjective beliefs that someone has gone "off". Now you got me thinking, maybe it's not a cold I have but Alzheimer's as I can't smell anything... And yes 48 is a low number. We did a study on 1250 slaughtered pigs to see if we could find a common DNA marker for intramuscular fat and it was deemed inconclusive as it was ONLY done on 1250 pigs of 5 different breeds. Edited November 10, 2015 by Kasset Tak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catterwell Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 So my dementia set in when I was about 5 years old. A doctor once if any in my family suffered from insanity, to which I replied "no, we all quite enjoy it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 This included laughing inappropriately at tragic events. As you grow older , you get a bigger perspective on life and tragic events....and you can laugh with it, it doesn't mean you are demented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 that is hilarious!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 This included laughing inappropriately at tragic events. As you grow older , you get a bigger perspective on life and tragic events....and you can laugh with it, it doesn't mean you are demented. Yeah, sure. Keep telling yourself that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Questionnaires from the friends and family of the 48 patients revealed many had noticed a change in humour years before the dementia had been diagnosed. And a study of 48 patients became the basis of an academic journal article on a precursor of dementia? My, the standards in academia may have just fallen to an all-time low. I don't think you can make any such conclusion given the subtle and dry nature of British humour. A much more scientific study was recently released that shows a precursor symptom of Alzheimer's disease is a loss of smell. They are using peanut butter smell tests in clinical trials to quantify the correlation. It would be nice if scientists would stick to objective tests rather than ridiculous subjective beliefs that someone has gone "off". I once had to bluff my way past a young, just out of school psychiatrist. I told her everything that she wanted to hear and she gave me what I was after. When all was finished I asked her how someone of her age and with absolutely no experience in life could possibly evaluate someone like me. Her answer was that she had read all of the books. Talk about the silence of the lambs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 This included laughing inappropriately at tragic events. As you grow older , you get a bigger perspective on life and tragic events....and you can laugh with it, it doesn't mean you are demented. I have always said that the more irrelevant I become, the more irreverent I become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 This could help explain why so many ex-pats living in Thailand have a change in sense of humour after being scammed out of their life's savings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Does Thaivisa have a resident psychologist? Maybe it should....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) How about this one? It appeals to my sense of humour. Perhaps it is a sign of impending dementia. After all I am 71 and I have enjoyed "Peanuts" by Charles M Schultz for years. Edited November 10, 2015 by billd766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Cetainly then I was born with dementia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My sister has dementia....I haven't. I asked her one day to go to the ice-cream shop and buy me a chocolate dipped ice-cream. She came back 2 hours later......I looked at what she was holding in her hands... Lo and behold...she had forgotten to buy the tomato sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillageIdiot Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 This could help explain why so many ex-pats living in Thailand have a change in sense of humour after being scammed out of their life's savings... If my fellow idiots had any sense to begin with - humourous or otherwise - they would still have their life's savings. I lost mine years ago... sense, humour, and life's savings. TIT. Live with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) I remember having to ring in 'sick' the Monday following Lady Diana's death knowing full well I'd likely say something inappropriate. Now how soon is 'impending' supposed to be? Edited November 11, 2015 by Steely Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 People who insist on telling you how wacky their sense of humour is are generally about as funny as this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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