Younger women need more calories than older women, and more active women can eat more than those who are sedentary. However, other factors such as pregnancy, breast-feeding and whether a woman needs to gain, lose or maintain weight also play a role.
agitation. n. 1. a state of excitement, disturbance, or worry. 2. the act of moving something vigorously; the shaking or stirring of something. 3. the act of attempting to stir up public opinion for or against something.
One of the most stressing and vexing changes in behavior in patients with dementia is agitation, which occurs in about half of patients at some point in their illness, says Pierre Tariot, M.D., professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Neurology, who led the study. Agitation is also difficult for doctors to treat. Currently there is no medication approved by the Food & Drug Administration to treat agitation in patients with dementia, though doctors and families often try to quell the symptoms with drugs that have been approved for other uses.