'Star Trek' star Nichelle Nichols diagnosed with dementia
Legendary ‘Star Trek’ icon, Nichelle Nichols has
been diagnosed with dementia and the disease has progressed. According
to documents filed in Nichelle’s conservatorship, Dr. Meena Makhijani
who specializes in osteopathic medicine says Nichols has been a patient
of hers for the last 2-3 years and she has “moderate progressive
dementia.”
Makhijani gives details of the severity of the disease by rating
various cognitive functions saying Nichols has major impairment of her
short-term memory and moderate impairment of understanding abstract
concepts, sense of time, place and immediate recall.
On the bright side, the doctor says there’s no apparent impairment
for things like long-term memory, orientation of her body,
comprehension, verbal communication, concentration, recognition of
familiar people, as well as ability to reason logically and plan
actions.
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