Non-Being and Alzheimer's Disease: A Personal Investigation
Blogcritics: Sci/Tech (Free subscription) | yesterday
Five years ago, my Brother-in Law could do many things. Not now.
Memory loss
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Upending textbook science on Alzheimer’s disease (EurekAlert!)
4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | yesterday
( American Friends of Tel Aviv University ) In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr. Inna Slutsky of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine finds that the amyloid-beta protein, currently the target of Alzheimer's drug research, is essential for normal information transfer through nerve cell networks in the brain. "If this protein is removed from the brain," says Dr...
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Raising Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness with an Apple a Day
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apples and apple products research suggests role for America’s favorite fruit in brain health. (PRWeb Nov 23, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Apples/Alzheimers_Prevention/prweb3239184.htm
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Northeast Philadelphia Man Goes Missing
CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Police are seeking help from the public locating a missing Northeast Philadelphia resident who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists Find Molecular Trigger That Helps Prevent Aging and Disease
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
New research has unraveled a molecular puzzle to determine that within certain parameters, a lower-calorie diet slows the development of some age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, as well as the aging process. (Credit: iStockphoto) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Nov. 23, 2009) — Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging...
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Fla. Alzheimer’s patient found on Orangeburg (The Times and Democrat)
4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
An 80-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who went missing from his Florida home Friday was found riding on railroad tracks in Orangeburg on Monday, according to media reports. Related posts: Squires walk to help those with Alzheimer’s disease (The Township Journal) Alzheimers Disease: - Scientist in Orangeburg gets $1.7M grant to study depression in the elderly Police find missing 74-year-old...
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How to Stay Young and Healthy - The Fountain of Youth
anti aging cream (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is the longevity diet eating healthy, natural anti-aging foods, as well as taking anti--aging supplements and getting plenty of exercise, is the secret to health and longevity. The Benefits of Eating Natural Anti--Aging Foods. The longevity diet will also help to prevent common age--related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and macular degeneration as it will provide...
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She brought compassion to cemetery tasks
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Annette R. Smith, a compassionate cemetery worker who comforted grieving families making burial arrangements, died Wednesday at age 85. She died of complications related to Alzheimer's disease, said her son Dennis. Mrs. Smith spent 19 years as a receptionist and counselor at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Sacramento. After rearing a family, she went back to work outside the home at age 53 when heart...
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Baxter (BAX): Bank on blood products
TheStockAdvisors.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first company to commercially prepare intravenous treatments, Baxter has manufactured and distributed medical products since 1931. It primarily works with blood and plasma, a business with recession-resistant tendencies. Its BioScience unit produces clotting agents for hemophilia and biotech drugs that treat both immune deficiencies and cancer. The medication-delivery business makes...
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Volunteers, scientists at University of Kentucky seek answers to Alzheimer’s (Louisville Courier-Journal)
4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
UK is a global pioneer in Alzheimer's research, with a decades-long body of work and 700 volunteers, some with the disease and some without, who are studied for years and donate their brains when they die. Related posts: Seeking an Alzheimer’s Silver Alert System (Queens Courier) Alzheimers Disease.com Looking for Answers Alzheimer's Disease What is Alzheimer’s disease and the 10 warning...
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India's Ram Jethmalani triggers row with - Allah's a brothel keeper - remark
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Jethmalani is considered a maverick... New Delhi: Former union law minister Ram Jethmalani on Saturday kicked up a row at an international conference on terrorism, asking if Islam's jehadi doctrine does not virtually render 'god a brothel keeper', prompting a Saudi Arabian envoy to walk out of the conference. Addressing the seminar, Jethmalani wondered if the jehadi doctrine, propagating the belief...
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Look after your brain, Part 2.
Nigee's Diet & Nutrition Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Mum used to use a transdermal Natural Progesterone Cream (to reverse hair loss) but she stopped using it some time before she became mentally impaired. I found a half-full pot of the stuff in mum's house and have instructed the nursing staff to rub a blob of cream on mum's skin each day to see if it makes any improvement to her Lewy Body Dementia. See Regeneration in a degenerating brain: potential...
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Sunday Salon: A Reading Retrospective (November 2004)
Musings of a Bookish Kitty (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
When I began keeping a reading journal six years ago, I hoped to look back upon my reading to see if there were any patterns. Not only was I curious to see the changes in what I read, but also, perhaps, in how much I read in any given month. In terms of numbers, there really is no discernible pattern. Except for the month of November. November seems to be the month I read the least amount of books....
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Surgery not linked to memory problems in...
WEBLOG DO FRAGA (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Surgery not linked to memory problems in older patients 22 nov 2009--For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis questions those assumptions. In fact, the researchers were not able to detect any long-term cognitive declines...
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Alzheimer’s education seminar Wednesday (Park Hills Daily Journal)
4 - Alzheimers (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
There will be a free educational and informative seminar on Alzheimer’s Wednesday evening at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. The free program will be held in the hospital dining room from 6 to 8 p.m., and will be hosted by the Lead Belt Memory Walk Committee and the St. Louis Region Alzheimer’s Association. Related posts: Warning signs of Alzheimer’s (Park Hills Daily Journal)...