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Posts Tagged with "Alzheimer’s research"

  • Featured, Quality of Life

    Posted on May 4th, 2012

    Written by Katherine Askew

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    advocating for Alzheimer's, advocating for Alzheimer's research, Alzheimer's research, centenarian, centenarians, getting back to reality, my deathbed, on my deathbed, QOL, quality of life, really live, seize the day

    PAUSING TO REALLY LIVE BEFORE GETTING BACK TO REALITY

    SEDUCED BY THE BACK YARD
    Today I came home from my morning yoga class ready to blog up a storm.  There are lots of topics to write about after a week of advocating for Alzheimer’s research in Washington, D.C.   I did not even make it to the back door.  The birds were chirping like they were going to burst.  The garden wafted jasmine and rose perfumes.  The wind was just a gentle, balmy breeze that beckoned me to stay out “just a little bit longer.” So I did.
    Yes,… More

  • Challenges, Featured

    Posted on April 10th, 2012

    Written by David Downey

    Tags

    alzeheimers research funding, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's research, Alzheimers and Barack Obama, Alzheimers and the White House, alzheimers legislation, funding for alzheimer's research, Kathleen Sebelius, NAPA, National Alzheimer's Project Act, national alzheimers plan, sign the Alzheimer's Peitition

    SIGN THE ALZHEIMER’S PETITION

    Hundreds of Alzheimer’s Advocates from all 50 states and several foreign countries will be in Washington, D.C. April 22-25, 2012 for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Advocacy Forum.  In addition to hearing updates on the Association’s push for an Alzheimer’s solution, attendees will hold a candlelight tribute rally on the National Mall and receive specialized training to hold scheduled meetings with their elected House Representatives and Senators while… More

  • Featured, Health & Disability

    Posted on February 10th, 2012

    Written by David Downey

    Tags

    Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's research, brain disease, brain diseases, Cognition, definiton of dementia, Dementia, dementia definition, dementia signs, dementia symptoms, diseases of the brain, Dr. Bill Thies, memory loss, TrialMatch

    HOW CAN WE HELP FIGHT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE?

    ASK DR. BILL THIES
    The Senior Medical Officer from the Alzheimer’s Association, Dr. Bill Thies, was in Dallas this week from the Chicago home office. I got to spend some time with him at two different functions where he made comments and took questions. What he said about one question asked of him is something I couldn’t wait to share.
    A woman thoughtfully asked the doctor, “What can we do to assist in the fight against Alzheimer’s?”
    THREE THINGS WE CAN ALL DO
    Dr. Thies… More

  • Health & Disability

    Posted on October 5th, 2011

    Written by David Downey

    Tags

    alsheimers, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's brain, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's research, can you catch Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, is Alzheimer's contagious

    IS ALZHEIMER’S (Alzheimers) DISEASE CONTAGIOUS?

    INJECTED MICE “CATCH” ALZHEIMERS (also see, Alzheimer’s, Alzheimer)
    A controversial study recently published in Molecular Psychiatry, a well-respected scientific journal, details research being conducted at the University of Houston.  An otherwise healthy mouse was injected with tissue from an Alzheimer’s brain.  Over time the mouse developed Alzheimer’s disease.
    In a larger study, normal laboratory mice with no genetic history of disease… More

  • Health & Disability

    Posted on September 7th, 2011

    Written by David Downey

    Tags

    aging baby boomers, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's research, baby boomers, baby boomers aging, cause of death, diagnosed with Alzheimer's

    ALZHEIMER DISEASE IMPACTS ECONOMY

    ALZHEIMER CRISIS PENDING
    One of the great ironies ironies of modern health science is how medical advances are creating the perfect storm in an explosion of the occurrence of Alzheimer disease (also found under Alzheimer’s and Alzheimers) combined with the resulting economic crisis   The whole point of healthcare is to extend human life, and the longer humans live, the greater their chances become of contracting Alzheimer’s disease.
    Although far from being… More

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